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A review by ari__s
NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field by Billy-Ray Belcourt
5.0
"What distinguishes denotation from detonation, after all, is human invention. Blood-letting a people with the alphabet is a gutting just the same."
There's a lyrical beauty in the way the historical and societal violence against indigenous peoples in Canada is explored in this collection. Fiercely personal and intimately vulnerable throughout, these poems will cling to you. There's something to celebrate and be humbled by when you encounter a voice that is so unapologetically pissed off about injustice and systemic violence.
There's a lyrical beauty in the way the historical and societal violence against indigenous peoples in Canada is explored in this collection. Fiercely personal and intimately vulnerable throughout, these poems will cling to you. There's something to celebrate and be humbled by when you encounter a voice that is so unapologetically pissed off about injustice and systemic violence.