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(Re)generation : the poetry of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm  Cover Image E-book E-book

(Re)generation : the poetry of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm / selected with an introduction by Dallas Hunt ; and an afterword by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm.

Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri, 1965- (author.). Hunt, Dallas, 1987- (editor,, writer of introduction.).

Summary:

"(Re)Generation contains selected poetry by Anishinaabe writer Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm that deals with a range of issues: from violence against Indigenous women and lands to Indigenous erotica and the joyous intimate encounters between bodies. Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm's influence on the field of Indigenous literature cannot be overstated. Her creative work is formative, and she is responsible for the release of other influential works in the field of Indigenous literary studies through her publishing house, Kegedonce Press. Akiwenzie-Damm is proof positive that if Indigenous peoples are going to resist the violent processes of ongoing colonialism, then they're going to have to do it together. Akiwenzie-Damm's afterword speaks to the relations and obligations Indigenous peoples have to one another and their other-than-human kin, as she reflects on the resilient work that Indigenous creative work has done and continues to do in spite of colonial violence. Her afterword stakes a claim for the necessity of poetry in the face of ongoing colonialism, not only in the present but in the future and for the generations to come. The introduction by Dallas Hunt locates Akiwenzie-Damm within the field of Indigenous literature and meditates on her influence on the field of Indigenous erotica. Akiwenzie-Damm writes in service of Indigenous love, intimacy, and joy, and speaks with an unwavering voice, one that, to paraphrase Akiwenzie-Damm herself, "shakes the earth.""-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781771124720
  • ISBN: 1771124725
  • ISBN: 9781771124737
  • ISBN: 1771124733
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2021]

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Formatted Contents Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Biographical Note -- Introduction -- From Without Reservations -- fish head soup -- a sweet taste of plum -- love letter, not sent -- From standing ground -- this earth a burial ground -- native sexuality 101 -- a song the bones sing -- my wild horses -- dry season -- the feast -- slash n burn -- From Canadian Literature -- driving to santafe -- From Trout 8 -- fihing lines -- Waabigonii Giizis -- From Bloodriver Woman -- when i thought blood was the voice in my head -- vision -- frozen breath and knife blades
Penance for the dead -- last rites -- From my heart is a stray bullet -- sturgeon -- to you who would wage war against me -- stray bullets (oka re/vision) -- i lose track of the land -- names -- my grandmothers -- the book you left in memory -- river song -- desire -- i will be -- lovers' psalm -- the resurrection of desire -- alternatives: one two three -- poem without end #3 -- kegedonce -- From Turtle Island to Aotearoa -- From A Constellation of Bones -- Coming Together -- Unison -- Across the Universe -- Previously Unpublished -- boil water advisory -- telling story -- zombies -- Afterword
Glossary of Māori Terms -- Acknowledgements
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2021).
Subject: Canadian poetry > 20th century.
Canadian poetry > 21st century.
Canadian poetry.


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