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A review by knkoch
Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land by Toni Jensen
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
These essays and their structure in this collection reminded me a lot of Alicia Elliott's A Mind Spread out on the Ground. Both are semi-autobiographical and touch on different eras and projects in each author's life, with an emphasis on one or more general running themes. For Elliott, it was mental health and the indigenous experience in Canada. For Jensen, guns and violence run through most every essay, set in many disparate corners of the US.
I thought Jensen did well in her exploration of violence, both domestic and through guns, mass shootings, and police violence. Her research into violence committed in particular against Native women was deep and impactful. I learned so much more about the human cost of fracking, and how deeply it's tied to the sex trafficking of Native women.
This was often a hard read, but very informative and resonant.
I thought Jensen did well in her exploration of violence, both domestic and through guns, mass shootings, and police violence. Her research into violence committed in particular against Native women was deep and impactful. I learned so much more about the human cost of fracking, and how deeply it's tied to the sex trafficking of Native women.
This was often a hard read, but very informative and resonant.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Trafficking