I’m Finding My Talk reflects on the destructive effects on colonialism, rediscovering community and finding culture. Former Halifax Poet Laureate and second-generation residential school survivor Rebecca Thomas writes honestly and […]
Rita Joe’s essential poetry is presented anew in this children’s picture book with illustrations from Pauline Young. Joe, known as the Poet Laureate of the Mi’kmaw, tells her childhood story of […]
[…] companion piece to Rita Joe’s I Lost My Talk. Includes vibrant illustrations from Mi’kmaw artist Pauline Young. A response to Rita Joe’s iconic poem I Lost My Talk, and published simultaneously […]
Pauline Young is a visual artist who was first exposed to the creative world through her father, Phillip Young, an internationally renowned artist, who painted the bottoms of her feet. […]
Rita Joe’s powerful poem is presented anew in this children’s picture book with illustrations from Pauline Young. A story of recovering what was lost in residential school, I Lost My Talk […]
Companion books I Lost My Talk and I’m Finding My Talk as well as Wolverine and Little Thunder have been longlisted for the First Nation Communities READ Awards! 🍂 See […]