Louise Bernice Halfe

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Sôhkêyihta: The Poetry of Sky Dancer Louise Bernice HalfePaperback, 16 May 2018

Sôhkêyihta: The Poetry of Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe
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Part of Series
Laurier Poetry
Print Length
88 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Date Published
16 May 2018
ISBN-10
1771123494
ISBN-13
9781771123495

Description

"I build this story like my lair. One willow, / a rib at a time"
-- "The Crooked Good"

Since 1990, Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe's work has stood out as essential testimony to Indigenous experiences within the ongoing history of colonialism and the resilience of Indigenous storytellers. Sôhkêyihta includes searing poems, written across the expanse of Halfe's career, aimed at helping readers move forward from the darkness into a place of healing.

Halfe's own afterword is an evocative meditation on the Cree word sôhkêyihta: Have courage. Be brave. Be strong. She writes of coming into her practice as a poet and the stories, people, and experiences that gave her courage and allowed her to construct her "lair." She also reflects on her relationship with nêhiyawêwin, the Cree language, and the ways in which it informs her relationships and poetics.

The introduction by David Gaertner situates Halfe's writing within the history of whiteness and colonialism that works to silence and repress Indigenous voices. Gaertner pays particular attention to the ways in which Halfe addresses, incorporates, and pushes back against silence, and suggests that her work is an act of bearing witness - what Kwagiulth scholar Sarah Hunt identifies as making Indigenous lives visible.

Product Details

Author:
Louise Bernice Halfe
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
CA
Date Published:
16 May 2018
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 0.76 cm
ISBN-10:
1771123494
ISBN-13:
9781771123495
Language:
English
Location:
Waterloo
Pages:
88
Weight:
181.44 gm

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