Essays
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This Dialogue Fire
Excerpt from Truth Telling by Michelle Good This is an excerpt from the book Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada by Michelle Good. Sit with Me, by This Dialogue Fire AT THE WATERSHED MOMENT IN CANADIAN history when the Truth and Reconciliation report was issued, the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair positioned truth…
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Keep the flame alive
This is a quote from the book Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada by Michelle Good. Have you read this book? I’d love to hear your thoughts in a comment below! If you’re interested, you can read an excerpt from the book here. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in CanadaSummary…
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Disabled wisdom is the key
This is a quote from the book The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Have you read this book? I’d love to hear your thoughts in a comment below! If you’re interested, you can read an excerpt from the book here. The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes,…
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Poetry is not a luxury
Excerpt from Selected Works by Audre Lorde This is an excerpt from the book Selected Words of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde, from the essay Poetry is Not a Luxury. The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we…
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I feel, therefore I can be free
This is a quote from the essay Poetry is Not a Luxury by Audre Lorde. Have you read this essay by Audre Lorde? I’d love to hear your thoughts in a comment below! If you’re interested, you can read an excerpt from the book here. The Selected Works of Audre Lorde – Summary Here is…