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Poetry Indigenous

Wolf Sonnets

by (author) R. LaRose

Publisher
Vehicule Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2022
Category
Indigenous, Family
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550656091
    Publish Date
    Oct 2022
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

In his commanding poetry debut, Wolf Sonnets, R. P. LaRose undoes the sonnet's classical constraints, retooling the form for current political circumstances. Packed with family lore, these poems reflect on how deeply we can trust the terms we use to construct our identity. A proud citizen of the Métis Nation, LaRose even questions his right to identify as such: "I was made in someone else's home," he writes. Wolf Sonnets is verse obsessed with names, infinity, numbers, categories, and interconnectedness. Depicting his ancestors as wolves-symbols of survival and protection-LaRose brings fresh insight to his wider poetic project: castigating the inequality, greed, and racism inherent to colonialism.

About the author

R. P. LaRose grew up on the prairies near Buffalo Lake, Alberta, and the boreal foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Longlisted by CBC Writes, his poetry has appeared in PRISM International and The Walrus. His first chapbook, A Dream in the Bush was published in 2017 by Anstruther Press. He earned his BA at the University of Alberta and completed his MFA at Cornell University. A member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, he currently resides in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan (Edmonton).

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