On/me / by Francine Cunningham.

On/me / by Francine Cunningham.

By
Cunningham, Francine, 1984-

Publication Date
2019

Publication Information
Halfmoon Bay, B.C. : Caitlin Press,

Physical Description
96 p.

Subject Term
Indigenous peoples.
 
American poetry.
 
Mental illness.
 
Poetry.

Summary
Francine Cunningham lives with constant reminders that she doesn't fit the desired expectations of the world: she is a white-passing, city-raised Indigenous woman with mental illness who has lost her mother. In her debut poetry collection On/Me, Cunningham explores, with keen attention and poise, what it means to be forced to exist within the margins. Cunningham does not hold back: she holds a lens to residential schools, intergenerational trauma, Indigenous Peoples forcibly sent to sanatoriums, systemic racism and mental illness, and translates these topics into lived experiences that are nuanced, emotional, funny and heartbreaking all at once. On/Me is an encyclopedia of Cunningham, who shares some of her most sacred moments with the hope to spark a conversation that needs to be had.

Language
English

ISBN
9781773860169


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Corner Brook (WCB)Adult NFic IndigenousAdult Non-Fiction Indigenous811.6 C91Checked In
Grand Falls-Windsor (CGF) HarmsworthAdult NFic IndigenousAdult Non-Fiction Indigenous811.6 C91Checked In
Stephenville (WST) (Kindale)Adult NFic IndigenousAdult Non-Fiction Indigenous811.6 C91Checked In