South Side of a Kinless River

By (author): Marilyn Dumont

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A nuanced, relational, and community-minded new book from one of Canada’s preeminent poets.

South Side of a Kinless River wrestles with concepts of Métis identity in a nation and territory that would rather erase it. Métis identity, land loss, sexual relationships between Indigenous women and European men, and midwifery by Indigenous women of the nascent settler communities figure into these poems. They add up to a Métis woman’s prairie history, one that helps us feel the violence in how those contributions and wisdoms have been suppressed and denied.

“Each poem is an anthem, every page showcasing the talent and necessity of this incredible poetic voice. Dumont brings the Métis tone, cadence and intricate stitch-work into all she creates.”
– Cherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow Thieves and Empire of the Wild

“The voice of this Métis woman is as loving, tender and humane, as it is powerful, satirical and political…”
– Rita Bouvier, author of a beautiful rebellion

AUTHOR

Marilyn Dumont

Marilyn Dumont’s poetry has won provincial and national awards. She has been the writer-in-residence at five Canadian universities and the Edmonton Public Library as well as an advisor in the Aboriginal Emerging Writers Program at the Banff Centre. She teaches sessional creative writing for Athabasca University and Native studies and English for the University of Alberta. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta.


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Dimensions:

80 Pages
8.50in * 5.75in * .26in
120.00gr

Published:

September 02, 2024

Publisher:

Brick Books

ISBN:

9781771316316

Book Subjects:

POETRY / Indigenous

Language:

eng

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