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In this complex, at times dark, poetry collection from Inuk author Jamesie Fournier, readers are taken through the recesses of a character struggling with inner demons whispering into his mind. As he attempts to overcome his inner turmoil within a Colonial and contemporary system that oppresses him, the speaker guides readers through verse both ethereal and imagistic. Echoing artists as varied as Margaret Laurence and The Velvet Underground, this sweeping collection of bilingual verse deals with erasure, resilience, and--above all--resistance through the voice of one complex protagonist.
Jamesie Fournier
Jamesie Fournier is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and educator from the NWT. His debut horror book, The Other Ones, was animated into stop-motion. His poetry collection, Elements, was published in Inuktitut and English. His children's book, Lemming's First Christmas, was animated in English and Inuktitut. His interactive exhibit, Nanualuk, is on display at the Montreal Science Centre. He divides his time between Nunavut, Ontario, and the NWT.
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Jaypeetee Arnakak
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Jaypeetee Arnakak is a linguist, translator, and educator. He spent many years as a policy analyst specializing in Inuit culture, language, and education issues. He is the editor of Unikkaaqtuat Qikiqtaninngaaqtut, a collection of thirty-three versions of traditional stories, transcribed and edited from oral recordings of ten Inuit Elders from two High Arctic communities, Arctic Bay and Igloolik. He has also adapted several traditional Inuit stories into children's storybooks.
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