This Accident of Being Lost – This Magazine https://this.org Progressive politics, ideas & culture Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:04:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://this.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Screen-Shot-2017-08-31-at-12.28.11-PM-32x32.png This Accident of Being Lost – This Magazine https://this.org 32 32 REVIEW: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s powerful new poetry collection https://this.org/2017/09/15/review-leanne-betasamosake-simpsons-powerful-new-poetry-collection/ Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:44:07 +0000 https://this.org/?p=17203 9781487001278This Accident of Being Lost
By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
House of Anansi, $19.95

This Accident of Being Lost is a powerful collection of short stories and songs by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, who is quickly becoming known as one of the country’s greatest storytellers. Unique in its fragmented and casual, yet lyrical and elegant language, This Accident of Being Lost introduces readers to memorable and resilient characters, most grappling with uncertainty. From boreal forests to the Great Lakes, and from urban centres to rural communities, This Accident of Being Lost forces readers to look at Canada differently.

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