Our final Unwrap Indie book picks are three recent recommendations published by Brick Books, a fiercely independent press that expands the definitions of what poetry is and can do. Through beautifully designed books, Brick Books amplifies urgent voices in poetry and brings moving words to readers—it’s where “poetry is home.”
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Why we love this book: It’s sparkling, it’s quietly funny, and it’s a total force of a poetry collection by Canada’s Parliamentary Poet Laureate Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer. awâsis – kinky and dishevelled features the unapologetic awâsis as she reveals herself through shapeshifting and multiple genders, sharing his journey of mishaps with humour and spirituality. Read a full description of awâsis – kinky and dishevelledhere.Where do I find the book? Find it on All Lit Up for 15% off until Nov 28 or from your local indie bookseller with our Shop Local feature available on the book page.
Why we love this book: In his debut collection,Tiohtià:ke-based poet David Bradford crafts a deeply personal collection of poems that put family trauma, racial identity, and memory in dialogue with one another. Prose poems, verse, erasure, and photographs make up the collection’s hybrid quality—these poems create a vibrant snapshot of a troubled family with all their complexities. Read a full description of Dream of No One But Myselfhere.Where do I find the book? Find it on All Lit Up for 15% off until Nov 28 or from your local indie bookseller with our Shop Local feature available on the book page.
Why we love this book: A posthumously published collection from Governor General’s Literary Award-winning poet Don Domanski, Fetishes of the Floating World is perception-expanding environmental poetry and metaphysics packaged in a lyric whole. Continuing Domanski’s lifelong exploration of mystical ecology, the book explores the sacred dimensions of what-is and to become more intimate with the strangeness that haunts our lively, changeable world.Read a full description of Fetishes of the Floating World here.Where do I find the book?Find it on All Lit Up for 15% off until Nov 28 or from your local indie bookseller with our Shop Local feature available on the book page.
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