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77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin by Thomas King
3.0
3.5 stars
Not my favourite Thomas King work, but I'm thrilled to see he's writing poetry now! What a legend. These poems are a call to action to save the environment and restore rights to oppressed indigenous peoples. Such weighty topics, and yet many poems have the clever humour so skillfully wielded by King! Absolutely timely for the political and environmental climate (pun intended) of this age, 77 Fragments shows us what we've lost already and all we stand to lose if we don't turn this ship around. Capitalism, consumerism, racial hierarchies, and poverty all feature in these fragments that work cohesively with each other. He uses familiar faces from Native American Mythology including his favourite trickster, Coyote. Told in 77 short poems, this goes by quickly and some really benefit from being read twice. It may be fragmented, but in the pieces, you can hear the story he is singing.
Not my favourite Thomas King work, but I'm thrilled to see he's writing poetry now! What a legend. These poems are a call to action to save the environment and restore rights to oppressed indigenous peoples. Such weighty topics, and yet many poems have the clever humour so skillfully wielded by King! Absolutely timely for the political and environmental climate (pun intended) of this age, 77 Fragments shows us what we've lost already and all we stand to lose if we don't turn this ship around. Capitalism, consumerism, racial hierarchies, and poverty all feature in these fragments that work cohesively with each other. He uses familiar faces from Native American Mythology including his favourite trickster, Coyote. Told in 77 short poems, this goes by quickly and some really benefit from being read twice. It may be fragmented, but in the pieces, you can hear the story he is singing.