The poems converse with Patrick Lane, John Thompson, and Charles Wright, but their closest cousins may be Arvo Pärt's tintinnabulations-overlapping structures in which notes or images are rung slowly and repeatedly like bells. Field Notes for the Self is a series of dark meditations: spiritual exercises in which the poem becomes a forensics of the soul. "Following his Blackbird Song, Randy Lundy's fourth collection of poetry modulates the trauma of remembering with the greater spiritual affirmations offered by the natural world. Books imprint, a series curated and edited by writer-musician Vivek Shraya, featuring work by new and emerging Indigenous or Black writers, or writers of colour."- Provided by publisher. This book is the second title to be published under the VS. In Burning Sugar, verse and epistolary, racism and resilience, pain and precarity are flawlessly sewn together by the mighty hands of a Black, queer femme. Their poems demonstrate how the world is both beautiful and cruel, a truth that inspires overwhelming anger and awe-all of which spills out onto the page to tell the story of a challenging, complex, nuanced, and joyful life. They use poetry to illuminate their activist work: exposing racism, especially anti-Blackness, and helping people see the connections between history and systemic oppression that show up in every human interaction, space, and community. In this incendiary debut collection, activist and poet Cicely Belle Blain intimately revisits familiar spaces in geography, in the arts, and in personal history to expose the legacy of colonization and its impact on Black bodies. Books: a poetic exploration of Black identity, history, and lived experience influenced by the constant search for liberation.
Awards and HonoursĢ023 R."The latest from Vivek Shraya's VS. Playful rhyming text and vibrant illustrations inspired by classic horror movie posters bring the raccoons’ antics to life. Revenge of the Raccoons is both a riotous tale of underdog uprising and a clever commentary on humans’ sense of ownership over the cities we live in.
But when asked why they’re invading the city, the raccoons insist they aren’t pests, but survivors of the real invaders: humans. Amid the mischief, the raccoons describe themselves as humans see them: thieving “trash pandas” that steal doughnuts and cash, topple our green bins, and frighten our cats. The bushy-tailed bandits take over the town, swinging from cranes, scampering through subway cars, and pestering the police. Raccoons are hitting the streets to finally tell their story. Fiction, Juvenile (Picture book) Revenge of the Raccoons
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