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yuuagoCBC put out a rec list of Indigenous books, since it's National Indigenous History Month.
I'll put a copy of the list under the cut for reference. Just the titles/authors.
01. This Place: 150 Years Retold - Comic anthology, various contributors.
02. The Red Chesterfield - Wayne Arthurson. Novel.
03. NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the field - Billy-Ray Belcourt. Poetry/prose/textual art.
04. day/break - Gwen Benaway. Poetry.
05. On/Me - Francine Cunningham. Poetry.
06. Empire of Wild - Cherie Dimaline. Novel.
07. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground - Alicia Elliott. Nonfiction.
08. Bone Black - Carol Rose GoldenEagle. Novel.
09. Five Little Indians - Michelle Good. Novel.
10. Peace and Good Order - Harold R. Johnson. Nonfiction.
11. If I go Missing - Brianna Jonnie & Nahanni Shingoose, art by Nshannacappo. Graphic novel.
12. 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin - Thomas King. Poetry.
13. In My Own Moccasins - Helen Knott. Memoir.
14. Field Notes for the Self - Randy Lundy. Poetry.
15. Heart Berries - Terese Marie Mailhot. Memoir.
16. Hope Matters - Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb & Tania Carter. Poetry.
17. Mamaskatch - Darrel J McLeod. Memoir.
18. Crow Winter - Karen McBride. Novel.
19. Bones - Tyler Pennock. Poetry.
20. Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice. Novel.
21. Son of a Trickster - Eden Robinson. Novel.
22. Treaty # - Armand Garnet Ruffo. Poetry.
23. Blanket Toss under Midnight Sun - Paul Seesequasis. Nonfiction.
24. Split Tooth - Tanya Tagaq. Novel/Memoir.
25. Seven Fallen Feathers - Tanya Talaga. Investigative nonfiction.
26. Chasing Painted Horses - Drew Hayden Taylor. Novel.
27. The North-West is Our Mother - Jean Teillet. Nonfiction.
28. From The Ashes - Jesse Thistle. Memoir/Poetry.
29. Disintegrate/Dissociate - Arielle Twist. Poetry.
30. Moccasin Square Gardens - Richard Van Camp. Short stories.
31. river woman - Katherena Vermette. Poetry.
32. One Drum - Richard Wagamese. Nonfiction.
33. Crow Gulch - Douglas Walbourne-Gough. Poetry.
34. Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead. Novel.
35. Carpe Fin - Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. Graphic novel.
Of the works on this list, I'm only familiar with a few.
The Red Chesterfield by Wayne Athurson is a good, artsy crime novel - like litfic meets mystery fiction. Though for someone who prefers straightforward crime fiction, his other novels are also really good.
Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Crusted Snow is one I would recommend to anyone who likes fiction set in the early days of apocalypse.
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson is great if you like YA urban fantasy. Her works for adults are more to my taste, though.
Chasing Painted Horses by Drew Hayden Taylor is a stirring novel; he has quite a way with writing vivid characters. I've liked all of the fiction by him that I've read.
I haven't read Gwen Benaway's new collection day/break yet, but I've read some of her other poetry and really liked it a lot (Passage is the collection I have). I hope I'll be able to get my hands on her latest soon.
Going to have to put some of the titles that are new to me on the to-read list... McBride's Crow Winter sounds like something I'd like to read. And I'm curious about pretty much all of the poetry titles. Hopefully the library will have some of them whenever it opens up again. (Probably not for a long time, but that's fine - I can wait.)
I'll put a copy of the list under the cut for reference. Just the titles/authors.
01. This Place: 150 Years Retold - Comic anthology, various contributors.
02. The Red Chesterfield - Wayne Arthurson. Novel.
03. NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the field - Billy-Ray Belcourt. Poetry/prose/textual art.
04. day/break - Gwen Benaway. Poetry.
05. On/Me - Francine Cunningham. Poetry.
06. Empire of Wild - Cherie Dimaline. Novel.
07. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground - Alicia Elliott. Nonfiction.
08. Bone Black - Carol Rose GoldenEagle. Novel.
09. Five Little Indians - Michelle Good. Novel.
10. Peace and Good Order - Harold R. Johnson. Nonfiction.
11. If I go Missing - Brianna Jonnie & Nahanni Shingoose, art by Nshannacappo. Graphic novel.
12. 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin - Thomas King. Poetry.
13. In My Own Moccasins - Helen Knott. Memoir.
14. Field Notes for the Self - Randy Lundy. Poetry.
15. Heart Berries - Terese Marie Mailhot. Memoir.
16. Hope Matters - Lee Maracle, Columpa Bobb & Tania Carter. Poetry.
17. Mamaskatch - Darrel J McLeod. Memoir.
18. Crow Winter - Karen McBride. Novel.
19. Bones - Tyler Pennock. Poetry.
20. Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice. Novel.
21. Son of a Trickster - Eden Robinson. Novel.
22. Treaty # - Armand Garnet Ruffo. Poetry.
23. Blanket Toss under Midnight Sun - Paul Seesequasis. Nonfiction.
24. Split Tooth - Tanya Tagaq. Novel/Memoir.
25. Seven Fallen Feathers - Tanya Talaga. Investigative nonfiction.
26. Chasing Painted Horses - Drew Hayden Taylor. Novel.
27. The North-West is Our Mother - Jean Teillet. Nonfiction.
28. From The Ashes - Jesse Thistle. Memoir/Poetry.
29. Disintegrate/Dissociate - Arielle Twist. Poetry.
30. Moccasin Square Gardens - Richard Van Camp. Short stories.
31. river woman - Katherena Vermette. Poetry.
32. One Drum - Richard Wagamese. Nonfiction.
33. Crow Gulch - Douglas Walbourne-Gough. Poetry.
34. Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead. Novel.
35. Carpe Fin - Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. Graphic novel.
Of the works on this list, I'm only familiar with a few.
The Red Chesterfield by Wayne Athurson is a good, artsy crime novel - like litfic meets mystery fiction. Though for someone who prefers straightforward crime fiction, his other novels are also really good.
Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Crusted Snow is one I would recommend to anyone who likes fiction set in the early days of apocalypse.
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson is great if you like YA urban fantasy. Her works for adults are more to my taste, though.
Chasing Painted Horses by Drew Hayden Taylor is a stirring novel; he has quite a way with writing vivid characters. I've liked all of the fiction by him that I've read.
I haven't read Gwen Benaway's new collection day/break yet, but I've read some of her other poetry and really liked it a lot (Passage is the collection I have). I hope I'll be able to get my hands on her latest soon.
Going to have to put some of the titles that are new to me on the to-read list... McBride's Crow Winter sounds like something I'd like to read. And I'm curious about pretty much all of the poetry titles. Hopefully the library will have some of them whenever it opens up again. (Probably not for a long time, but that's fine - I can wait.)
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.
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Date: 2020-06-07 01:38 am (UTC)Of that list, I've also read a handful. Really loved:
Disintegrate/Dissociate - Arielle Twist
Heart Berries - Terese Marie Mailhot
Son of a Trickster - Eden Robinson (have only read Monkey Beach outside this series, and didn't like it as much)
Thought was good but also rather too bleak to do my mental health much good:
From The Ashes - Jesse Thistle
Mamaskatch - Darrel J McLeod
Didn't understand at all:
NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the field - Billy-Ray Belcourt
Currently reading:
Jonny Appleseed
Am hoping to read this year:
Peace and Good Order - Harold R. Johnson
The North-West is Our Mother - Jean Teillet
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Date: 2020-06-07 01:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-06-07 01:55 am (UTC)