This Is a Small Northern Town by Deerchild, Rosanna (9781897289358)

This Is a Small Northern Town

by Deerchild, Rosanna

Paperback - English

this is a small northern town is the long-awaited, first full-length collection of poems by Rosanna Deerchild. These are poems about: what it means to be from the north; a town divided along color lines; and a family dealing with its history of secrets. At its core, this collection is about the life of a Cree girl and the places she finds comfort and escape.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

1897289359

EAN

9781897289358

Publisher

J GORDON SHILLINGFORD

Publication Date

01 Sep 2008

Pages

Weight (kg)

0.11

Dimensions (cm)

22.4 x 15.0 x 0.8

About Author

Rosanna Deerchild is Cree from South Indian Lake, Manitoba. Her poetry has appeared in a number of literary magazines including "Prairie Fire" and "CV2". Her work is being anthologized in "Post-prairie: An Anthology of New Poetry" (Talonbooks, 2005) and "Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival" (Sumach Press, 2003). She is the co-founder and remains a member of the Aboriginal Writers Collective established in 1999. The collective, a group of Manitoba writers, has released two collections in print, "urban kool" and "Bone Memory", and a live spoken word CD, "Red City". For the