In the Field

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In The Field, Sadiqa de Meijer’s follow up to the Governor General’s Award winning alfabet/alphabet, brings us essays that move searchingly through their central questions. What meaning does a birthplace hold? What drives us to make contact with a work of art? How do we honour the remains of the dead? This writing constitutes a form of fieldwork grounded in intimate observation. In The Field is an extraordinary book, one that invites readers to bring renewed attention to their own lives and to embrace the subjectivity in the experiences of others.

AUTHOR

Sadiqa de Meijer

Sadiqa de Meijer’s debut collection, Leaving Howe Island, was a nominee for the 2014 Governor General’s Award for English-language poetry and for the 2014 Pat Lowther Award. Her most recent book is TK, published with Palimpsest Press in 2020. She lives with her family in Kingston, Ontario.

Reviews

In The Field Sadiqa de Meijers follow up to the Governor Generals Award winning alfabetalphabet brings us essays that move searchingly through their central questions What meaning does a birthplace hold What drives us to make contact with a work of art How do we honour the remains of the dead This writing constitutes a form of fieldwork grounded in intimate observation In The Field is an extraordinary book one that invites readers to bring renewed attention to their own lives and to embrace the subjectivity in the experiences of others