(Re)generation : the poetry of Katerie Akewenzie-Damm / selected with an introduction by Dallas Hunt and an afterword by Katerie Akewenzie-Damm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri, 1965- author.

Contributor:

Hunt, Dallas, editor, writer of introduction.

Series:

Laurier poetry series

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry--21st century.

Canadian poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xx, 70 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"(Re)Generation contains selected poetry by Anishinaabe writer Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm that deals with a range of issues: from violence against Indigenous women and lands to Indigenous erotica and the joyous intimate encounters between bodies. Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm's influence on the field of Indigenous literature cannot be overstated. Her creative work is formative, and she is responsible for the release of other influential works in the field of Indigenous literary studies through her publishing house, Kegedonce Press. Akiwenzie-Damm is proof positive that if Indigenous peoples are going to resist the violent processes of ongoing colonialism, then they're going to have to do it together. Akiwenzie-Damm's afterword speaks to the relations and obligations Indigenous peoples have to one another and their other-than-human kin, as she reflects on the resilient work that Indigenous creative work has done and continues to do in spite of colonial violence. Her afterword stakes a claim for the necessity of poetry in the face of ongoing colonialism, not only in the present but in the future and for the generations to come. The introduction by Dallas Hunt locates Akiwenzie-Damm within the field of Indigenous literature and meditates on her influence on the field of Indigenous erotica. Akiwenzie-Damm writes in service of Indigenous love, intimacy, and joy, and speaks with an unwavering voice, one that, to paraphrase Akiwenzie-Damm herself, "shakes the earth.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: From Without Reservation

Fish head soup

A sweet taste of plum

Love letter, not sent

From standing ground

This earth a burial ground

Native sexuality 101

A song the bones sing

My wild horses

Dry Season

The Feast

Slash n burn

From Canadian Literature

Driving to santa fe

From Trout 8

Fishing lines

Waabigonii Giizis

From Bloodriver Woman

When I thought blood was the voice in my head

Vision

Frozen breath and knife blades

Penance for the dead

Last rites

From my heart is a stray bullet

Sturgeon

To you who would wage war against me

Stray bullets (oka re/vision)

I lose track of the land

Names

My Grandmothers

The book you left: In memory

River Song

Desire

I will be

Lovers' psalm

The resurrection of desire

Alternatives: One two three

Poem without end #3

Kegedonce

From Turtle Island to Aotearoa

From A Constellation of Bones

Coming Together

Unison

Across the Universe

Previously Unpublished

Boil water advisory

Telling story

Zombies.

Other Format:

Online version: Akewenzie-Damm, Katerie, 1965- Poems. Selections. (Re)generation.

ISBN:

9781771124713

1771124717

OCLC:

1138575332