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About This Accident Of Being Lost: Songs And Stories
Product Description This Accident of Being Lost is the knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. These visionary pieces build upon Simpson's powerful use of the fragment as a tool for intervention in her critically acclaimed collection Islands of Decolonial Love. Provocateur and poet, she continually rebirths a decolonized reality, one that circles in and out of time and resists dominant narratives or comfortable categorization. A crow watches over a deer addicted to road salt; Lake Ontario floods Toronto to remake the world while texting "ARE THEY GETTING IT?"; lovers visit the last remaining corner of the boreal forest; three comrades guerrilla-tap maples in an upper middle-class neighbourhood; and Kwe gets her firearms license in rural Ontario. Blending elements of Nishnaabeg storytelling, science fiction, contemporary realism, and the lyric voice, This Accident of Being Lost burns with a quiet intensity, like a campfire in your backyard, challenging you to reconsider the world you thought you knew. Review "Leanne is a gifted writer who brings passion and commitment to her storytelling and who has demonstrated an uncommon ability to manage an impressive range of genres from traditional storytelling to critical analysis, from poetry to spoken word, from literary and social activism to songwriting. She is, in my opinion, one of the more articulate and engaged voices of her generation." -- Thomas King, author of Green Grass, Running Water and The Inconvenient Indian Praise for Leanne Simpson and Islands of Decolonial Love "Islands of Decolonial Love is the sort of book I have been looking for all my life -- the kind of book that is going to make me a good writer, a good listener, and goo citizen -- it is going to wake up everything that is brilliant in everyone that reads it." -- Lee Maracle, author of Ravensong and Celia's Song a truly creative and heartfelt work Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review Carries the reader along with her urgent, direct address. The Globe and Mail Review Praise for Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and This Accident of Being Lost:FINALIST, TRILLIUM BOOK AWARDFINALIST, 2017 ROGERS WRITERS’ TRUST FICTION PRIZEA GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BOOKNATIONAL POST 99 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR“The raw energy contained within these pieces gives this book flight. And what a flight! Within its energetic arcs the reader encounters anger and love and devotion and regret. Combining stories and poems, sharp realism and Nishnaabeg legend, This Accident of Being Lost displays an extraordinary blend of humour and political truth-telling. Fiercely angry at one moment, lyrically loving in the next, Simpson introduces us to people whose honesty, humour, and passion unsettles and endears.” ― Trillium Book Award Jury Citation“Playful, pissed off and ferociously funny, Leanne Simpson writes irresistible love stories in the jaws of genocide. A genius shape-shifter and defiant genre-detonator, there is quite simply no one like her.” ― Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine“Blending song and story, humour and truth, This Accident of Being Lost feels so intimate and so familiar. It is the story of our sisters, cousins, and friends. I love this book. Simpson is a master lyricist, captivating storyteller, and a true gift to us all.” ― Katherena Vermette, author of The Break“Leanne is a gifted writer who brings passion and commitment to her storytelling and who has demonstrated an uncommon ability to manage an impressive range of genres from traditional storytelling to critical analysis, from poetry to spoken word, from literary and social activism to songwriting. She is, in my opinion, one of the more articulate and engaged voices of her generation.” ― Thomas King, author of Green Grass, Running Water and The Inconvenient Indian“A stunning collection of poetry, song, and short fiction. These short pieces are dar
