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Poetry Indigenous

A Family of Dreamers

by (author) Samantha Nock

Publisher
Talonbooks
Initial publish date
Sep 2023
Category
Indigenous, Women Authors, Family
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781772015478
    Publish Date
    Sep 2023
    List Price
    $18.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772015485
    Publish Date
    Nov 2023
    List Price
    $18.95

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Description

Short-listed for Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 2024

In this debut poetry collection, Samantha Nock redefines where and what “home” is. A Family of Dreamers delves into the complexities of growing up in rural northeast British Columbia and the love and grief that blooms there. In this debut collection, Samantha Nock weaves together threads of fat liberation, desirability politics, and heartbreak while working through her existence as a young Indigenous woman coming of age in the city. The result is a love song to northern cuzzins, dive bars, and growing up.

About the author

Samantha Nock is a Cree-Métis writer and poet originally from Treaty 8 Territory in the Peace Region of northeast British Columbia. Her family is originally from sâkitawâhk ᓵᑭᑕᐚᕽ (Île-à-la-Crosse), Saskatchewan. Samantha currently resides on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Lands in so-called Vancouver. She has had works published in Maisonneuve, Vice, Prism International, and Best Canadian Poetry, among others. You can find her on Twitter @sammymarie and Instagram @2broke4bingo.

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
  • Long-listed, Pat Lowther Memorial Award

Editorial Reviews

"Nock’s conversational cadence invites the reader to witness a practice of tender and truthful regard between the speaker and her ancestors, her community and herself." —Winnipeg Free Press

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