The most diverse and comprehensive anthology of Indigenous literatures in Canada.a href="https://www.writerstrust.com/awards/atwood-gibson-writers-trust-fiction-prize"Editor Katherena Vermette Winner of the 2021 Writers' Trust Atwood Gibson Prize/aOver twenty years after the publication of its groundbreaking first edition, this collection continues to provide the most comprehensive coverage of Indigenous literatures within Canada available in one volume. Emphasizing the importance of the oral tradition, the newly revised and expandedanthology offers a diverse selection of graphic and short stories, songs, poems, plays, letters, and essays by exceptional writers from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities across Canada.

An Anthology of Indigenous Literatures in English: Voices from Canada

Literature & Fiction

Katherena Vermette

Armand Garnet Ruffo

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

The Strangers

About the Author\nKATHERENA VERMETTE (she/her) is a Red River Métis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia and has worked in poetry, novels, children's literature, and film. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, her father's roots run deep in St. Boniface, St. Norbert, and beyond. Her mother's side is Mennonite from the Altona and Rosenfeld area (Treaty 1). Vermette received the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry for her first book, North End Love Songs. Her first novel, The Break, won several awards including the Amazon First Novel Award, and was a bestseller in Canada. Her second novel, The Strangers, won the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and named Indigo's 2021 Book of the Year. She lives with her family in a cranky old house within skipping distance of the temperamental Red River.\n#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER 
WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR FICTION 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022/2023 FIRST NATION COMMUNITIES READ AWARD, 2022 MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS' CAROL SHIELDS WINNIPEG BOOK AWARD, MARGARET LAURENCE AWARD FOR FICTION, AND MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 
A GLOBE & MAIL BEST BOOK 
From the bestselling author of The Break comes a staggering intergenerational saga that explores how connected we are, even when we're no longer together--even when we're forced apart. 
Cedar has nearly forgotten what her family looks like. Phoenix has nearly forgotten what freedom feels like. And Elsie has nearly given up hope. Nearly. 
After time spent in foster homes, Cedar goes to live with her estranged father. Although she grapples with the pain of being separated from her mother, Elsie, and sister, Phoenix, she's hoping for a new chapter in her life, only to find herself once again in a strange house surrounded by strangers. From a youth detention centre, Phoenix gives birth to a baby she'll never get to raise and tries to forgive herself for all the harm she's caused (while wondering if she even should). Elsie, struggling with addiction and determined to turn her life around, is buoyed by the idea of being reunited with her daughters and strives to be someone they can depend on, unlike her own distant mother. These are the Strangers, each haunted in her own way. Between flickering moments of warmth and support, the women diverge and reconnect, fighting to survive in a fractured system that pretends to offer success but expects them to fail. Facing the distinct blade of racism from those they trusted most, they urge one another to move through the darkness, all the while wondering if they'll ever emerge safely on the other side. 
A breathtaking companion to her bestselling debut The Break, Vermette's The Strangers brings readers into the dynamic world of the Stranger family, the strength of their bond, the shared pain in their past, and the light that beckons from the horizon. This is a searing exploration of race, class, inherited trauma, and matrilineal bonds that--despite everything--refuse to be broken.

United States

Penguin Books, Canada

The Break

House Of Anansi Press Inc

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