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Before the usual time : a collection of Indigenous stories and poems

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    Latitude 46 Publishing, 2020
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    2020
    Summary:

    A collection of words and imagery from diverse voices grounded in the land and that explore community in relation to time. Filmmaker/writer, Darlene Naponse, curates a gathering of expression about time that has passed, time that is now and time that comes.

    Contents:
    • Our story is in her body / Leanna Marshall
    • Trying to remember a dream / Emma Petahtegoose
    • Nunaaquuraq/Nuliiqlatuq/Nuliagilaq / Joan Naviuyuk Kane
    • Unanswered questions / Ardelle Sagutcheway
    • A shapeshifter to her daughter ; Old stories / Jessie Fiddler-Kiss
    • Family trees ; Off-island chamorros / Craig Santos Perez
    • From "Dissolve" / Sherwin Bitsui
    • A gathering of nations / Chuquai Billy
    • Past a dream time ; A new house, new paint / David Groulx
    • At the crescent moon altar ; Black Haw / Sy Hoahwah
    • Goodmind / Cathy Smith
    • Broken Indian ; We are warriors / Dennis Saddleman
    • Environment ; River of time / Craig Commanda
    • Trauma lives in the stomach / Emily Clarke
    • Contiguity / Darlene Naponse
    • Reborn / Lori Flinders
    • A fresh start / Ajuawak Kapashesit.
    Genre:
    Canadian poetry, Creative nonfiction, Indigenous materials
    Subject(s): American literature | Canadian literature | Indigenous authors | Indigenous literature
    Original Publisher: Sudbury, Ontario, Latitude 46 Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 1988989159, 9781988989150
    Collection(s)/Series: First Nation Communities Read 2021