Burning in this midnight dream
Record details
- ISBN: 9781550506662
- ISBN: 1550506668
- ISBN: 9781550506730
- ISBN: 1550506730
- ISBN: 9781550506747
- ISBN: 1550506749
- ISBN: 9781550506655
- ISBN: 155050665X
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource - Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan : Coteau Books, 2016.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Poems. |
Language Note: | English text contains some words in Cree. |
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Subject: | Off-reservation boarding schools -- Canada -- Poetry Native Peoples -- Canada -- Residential schools -- Poetry FICTION -- General Off-reservation boarding schools Canada |
Genre: | Electronic books. Poetry. |
Electronic resources
Summary:
Burning in the Midnight Dream is the latest collection of poems by Louise Bernice Halfe. Many were written in response to the grim tide of emotions, memories, dreams and nightmares that arose in her as the Truth and Reconciliation process unfolded. With fearlessly wrought verse, Halfe describes how the experience of the residential schools continues to haunt those who survive, and how the effects pass like a virus from one generation to the next. She asks us to consider the damage done to children taken from their families, to families mourning their children; damage done to entire communities and to ancient cultures. Halfe's poetic voice soars in this incredibly moving collection as she digs deep to discover the root of her pain. Her images, created from the natural world, reveal the spiritual strength of her culture.