Kiyam: Poems - Brossura

Mcilwraith, Naomi

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1926836693 ISBN 13: 9781926836690

Casa editrice: Athabasca Univ, 2012

Riassunto

Through poems that move between two languages, Naomi McIlwraith explores the beauty of the intersection between nehiyawewin, the Plains Cree language, and English, akayasimowin. Written to honor her father's facility in nehiyawewin and her mother's beauty and generosity as an inheritor of Cree, Ojibwe, Scottish, and English, kiyam articulates a powerful yearning for family, history, peace, and love.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Naomi McIlwraith is an educator, poet, and essayist,with a mixed Cree, Ojibwe, Scottish, and English inheritance. Shecurrently works at Grant MacEwan University and has held instructionalpositions at the University of Alberta and The King's UniversityCollege.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Through bilingual poetry, Naomi Mcilwraith explores the beauty of the intersection between nêhiyawêwin, the Plains Cree language, and English, âkayâs"mowin. A treatise to honour her father's facility in nêhiyawêwin and her mother's beauty and generosity as an inheritor of Cree, Ojibwe, Scottish, and English, kiyâm articulates a powerful yearning for family, history, peace, and love.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Athabasca Univ
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1926836693
• ISBN 13: 9781926836690
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 163