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4.35 AVERAGE
4.35 AVERAGE
A beautiful collection of works spanning a huge variety of themes, all core to life, and discussion on the world from the Authors experience of the Indigenous lens.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"there's an old nishnaabe story, from the beginning of time, where seven grandparents who live in the sky world take a young child from his parents and raise him in the ways that the earth's people have forgotten. they teach him stories, songs and ceremonies and eventually he is sent back to earth to share these ways with his people. i never really liked that story, because my heart gets broken when they take the boy away from his parents, and i only ever listen to the rest in a nervous holding pattern, lost in how lonely that boy must have felt, lost in a world where he was always the only one" (59).
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
Beautiful, powerful, challenging, inventive. A collection of poems, songs, stories that are unlike anything I've ever read before. A book to read (and listen to, since it comes with digital access to some poems recorded with also beautifully done music) again and again.
A beautiful and necessary book. Please take the time to read and learn Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s songs and stories.
These stories and poems are incredible and filled with quiet power. As a non-native person I was both humbled and honored to be reading these stories. Leann Simpson is of Mississauga Nishnaabeg ancestry. I encourage folks to listen to the recordings of some of the pieces in the book. They can be found at http://arpbooks.org/islands