Blueberries and Apricots
- Publisher
- Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2018
- Category
- Native American, Women Authors, Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781988449326
- Publish Date
- Jul 2018
- List Price
- $20.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781988449333
- Publish Date
- Jul 2018
- List Price
- $11.99
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Description
Translated from French by Howard Scott
In this, her third volume of poetry, this Aboriginal writer from Quebec again confronts the loss of her landscape and language.
On my left hip
a face
I walk
I walk upright
like a shadow
a people on my hip
a boatload of fruit
and the dream inside
women and children first
"A cry rises in me and transfigures me. The world waits for woman to come back as she was born: woman standing, woman powerful, woman resurgent. A call rises in me and I've decided to say yes to my birth."
About the authors
Natasha Kanapé Fontaine's profile page
Howard Scott translates poetry, fiction and non-fiction, often with co-translator Phyllis Aronoff, including works by Madeleine Gagnon, Kim Doré and Madeleine Monette, as well as numerous scholarly works in the humanities. He has also published translations of poetry by Madeleine Gagnon, Michel Pleau and Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, and science fiction by Élisabeth Vonarburg. In 1997, he won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English translation for The Euguelion, by Louky Bersianik. He is a past president of the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada.
Editorial Reviews
"Fontaine's poetry is sparse and intuitive, flowing freely through crystal-clear images." --Wasafiri
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Mina Among the Shadows
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Neonatal Intensive Care, Prematurity, and Complicated Pregnancies
Seven Days
Descent into Night
The Blue Shirts
Adrien Arcand and Fascist Anti-Semitism in Canada
Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries
Anarchy of Light
