{"product_id":"i-place-you-into-the-fire-poems-paperback","title":"I Place You Into the Fire: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe incisive and vital first poetry collection from Mi'kmaw spoken-word poet and former poet laureate of Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe remember tomorrow and a thousand years ago. \u003cbr\u003e From eel weirs to the buffalo. \u003cbr\u003e We remember petroglyphs and Instagram photos. \u003cbr\u003e See, we remember our history, \u003cbr\u003e Without statues, money, or pictures of the Queen.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Mi'kmaw, three similarly shaped words have drastically different meanings: \u003ci\u003ekesalul\u003c\/i\u003e means \"I love you\"; \u003ci\u003ekesa'lul\u003c\/i\u003e means \"I hurt you\"; and \u003ci\u003eke'sa'lul\u003c\/i\u003e means \"I put you into the fire.\" In spoken-word artist and critically acclaimed author (\u003ci\u003eI'm Finding My Talk\u003c\/i\u003e) Rebecca Thomas's first poetry collection, readers will feel Thomas's deep love, pain, and frustration as she holds us all to task, along the way mourning the loss of her childhood magic, exploring the realities of growing up off reserve, and offering up a new Creation Story for Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiverse and probing, \u003ci\u003eI place you into the fire\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a meditation on navigating life and love as a second-generation Residential School survivor, a lesson in unlearning, and a rallying cry for Indigenous justice, empathy, and equality. A searing collection that embodies the vitality and ferocity of spoken-word poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Thomas is an award-winning Mi'kmaw poet. She is Halifax's former Poet Laureate (2016-2018) and has been published in multiple journals and magazines. She coordinated the Halifax Slam Poetry team from 2014 to 2017, leading them to three national competitions with the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. Her first children's book, \u003ci\u003eI'm Finding My Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Top 100 Pick of 2019, as well as a CBC Best Picture Book of 2019, and was nominated for both the 2019 Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature and the 2019 Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association Best Atlantic-Published Book Award (with companion title \u003ci\u003eI Lost My Talk\u003c\/i\u003e). The book is a White Ravens 2020 selection, chosen by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany, and has been nominated for First Nations Communities READ 2020. Thomas's first adult collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eI place you into the fire\u003c\/i\u003e, was a CBC Best Canadian Poetry pick of 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42162439192711,"sku":"9781771088855","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d5dee081a4bb71f4a34386b0b0148850.webp?v=1733289474","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/i-place-you-into-the-fire-poems-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}