Scan barcode
julieh46's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
singh_reads_kanwar2's review
3.0
This debut poetry collection from Lisa Bird-Wilson reflects on the legacy of the residential school system: The collection takes its name from the government's complex organizational structure of residential schools archives, which are divided into "black files" and "red files."
The stories of families and histories, throughout the generations.Powerful little collection of poetry that tells an important story. Author assembles scraps of a history torn apart by colonial violence. She survived the sixties scoop.
The Red Files concludes with a fierce hopefulness, embracing the various types of love that can begin to heal the traumas inflicted by a legacy of violence.
The poetry is more of Lyrical story and ballad with picturesque and not set rhyming scheme.
The stories of families and histories, throughout the generations.Powerful little collection of poetry that tells an important story. Author assembles scraps of a history torn apart by colonial violence. She survived the sixties scoop.
The Red Files concludes with a fierce hopefulness, embracing the various types of love that can begin to heal the traumas inflicted by a legacy of violence.
The poetry is more of Lyrical story and ballad with picturesque and not set rhyming scheme.
More...