Description: Emotive, yet wryly unsentimental poems give voice to the many forms of suffering Aboriginal people have endured.
Brief description: Cree poet Wanda John-Kehewin studied criminology, sociology, Aboriginal studies, and creative writing while attending the Writer's Studio writing program at Simon Fraser University. She uses writing as a therapeutic medium through which to understand and to respond to the near decimation of First Nations culture, language, and tradition. She has been published in Quills, Canadian Poetry Magazine, the Aboriginal Writers Collective West Coast anthology Salish Seas, and the Writer's Studio emerge anthology. She has shared her writing on Vancouver Co-op Radio, performed at numerous readings throughout the Lower Mainland, and read for the Writers Union of Canada.
Review Quotes:
"Her work is brave, brilliant, and relentless. Her voice deserves to be heard."
- Garry Gottfriedson