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Islands of Decolonial Love
Islands of Decolonial Love | Leanne Simpson
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In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation. Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challenge of pairing the desire to live loving and observant lives with a constant struggle to simply survive the historical and ongoing injustices of racism and colonialism. Told with voices that are rarely recorded but need to be heard, and incorporating the language and history of her people, Leanne Simpson's Islands of Decolonial Love is a profound, important, and beautiful book of fiction.
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xicanti
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1. I made crepes. #audiocooking

2. This short fiction collection is amazing. If you like flash fiction, you MUST pick it up.

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llwheeler
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Up to 1.5 hrs for #deweysreadathon #deweyapril. Lots of non-reading things on my list today, so I won't get a very high time but it's always fun to do anyways.

I've been taking a bit of a break from audiobooks, so most of this cross stitch has been #audiostitching to podcasts and music. But readathons call for audiobooks so I started the tagged today and made a bit more progress.

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LapReader
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Some #Litsylove heading your way guys. How cool are Australia‘s author stamps?

ScientistSam Great stamps! 6y
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Eyelit
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I just can‘t seem to concentrate on just one book lately... These are all of the books I‘m currently reading (ok, that‘s kind of a lie because I‘m also reading My Favorite Thing is Monsters).
My goal is to have at least one of them finished before the weekend is over. 🤞

Reviewsbylola F451 is so quick I would tackle that first. 6y
MamaGina I posted yesterday about trying-and failing-to to read one book at a time and from the responses received I‘ve concluded We Are Not Alone! 📚🤓💕 6y
Faibka Me too, I have about three going at the same time that I carry with me all the time and I‘m adding another one, lol. 6y
sisilia Same here 🙋🏻‍♀️ 6y
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Bibliogeekery
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Candy Palmater was keynote speaker at the Rainbow Health Conference I'm attending! She was amazing!!! So powerful! (She's not in the database so I put this another amazing Indigenous queer woman) #queerbooks

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BookishFeminist
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My book haul from Birchbark Books yesterday! All Native and indigenous lit. I can't wait to dig into all of these!! 📖✊🏽

#nativebooks #indigenouslit

8little_paws This is freaking badass 8y
BookishFeminist @8little_paws You would LOVE this bookstore! 8y
Yamich49 Niceeeee. These are all on my to-buy list! 8y
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8little_paws @BookishFeminist I bet, I will have to make my way up north DM some day 8y
8little_paws Ignore that random DM 8y
haileybean I feel like I'm always taking screen shots of your piles of books so I can look more in to some of the ones you post 😂 can I just raid your shelves please?! 8y
Dorianna I've been hoping to read more Native and Indigenous lit this year. Thanks for the post. The Beginning and End of Rape really interests me. 8y
BookishFeminist @Dorianna That one is written by a former professor of mine. I'm really excited to finally read it! She does such great work 8y
BookishFeminist @haileyhugsbooks 😂 if you ever make your way to D.C., feel free! 8y
BookishFeminist @Yamich49 I was really happy I found them! A couple have been on my buy list for a while and are never stocked. Love indie bookstores 💓 (edited) 8y
Eyelit We are reading Islands of Decolonial Love for my book club this month. I‘m really looking forward to reading it 😃 7y
Eyelit We are also reading the Sarah a Deer book later this year for book club 7y
BookishFeminist @Eyelit she‘s one of my former law professors! She‘s really wonderful and I wish more people read her work. (edited) 7y
Caterina I just got Islands of Decolonial Love from my library as an audiobook on a whim! Excited to hear what you and @Eyelit think of it. I'll probably start it this week! 3y
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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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Beautiful, powerful, challenging, inventive. A collection of stories and songs/poems that are unlike anything I've ever read. This is a book to read and listen to again and again (it comes with free online access to musical / spoken word collaborations with musicians like Cris Derksen and A Tribe Called Red). Highly recommended. #NativeReads

Bibliogeekery Glad you liked this one! Leanne is a dear friend of mine and such an incredible writer, musician and activist! 8y
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian Definitely! I'm excited to read her other books now! 8y
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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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"i've only ever seen you / hitchhiking into dreams / or running from the headlights / but today / here you are / just sleeping. sitting. eating. / hours of still / armfuls of nothing"

"I knew what every ndn knows: that vulnerability, forgiveness, and acceptance were privileges. she made the assumption of a white person: they were readily available to all like the fresh produce at the grocery store"
#NativeReads

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Bibliogeekery
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Today I am revisiting this powerful book written by my dear friend Leanne Simpson. She is of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg ancestry and a member of Alderville First Nation. She is a fierce activist and a beautiful writer. #decolonize #nodapl #nativebooks #queerbooks

Eyelit My book club is reading this one this month (and I‘ve requested my library purchase her other books) 😃 7y
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Bibliogeekery
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay -I'm reposting this wonderful book by a dear friend of mine. She's a wonderfully talented Anishnaabe writer and musician! I can't recommend this collection enough! #queerbooks #nativebooks #decolonize #diversebooks

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Bibliogeekery
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#WWW Leanne Simpson is an extremely talented Anishinaabe writer and performer (and a dear friend of mine). Islands of Decolonial Love is a collection that's political, it's funny, it's heartbreaking and it's full of insight and lyrical prose. Bonus: I am mentioned in one story! 😉 I can't recommend her enough!! #Nativebooks #queerbooks. 💗

Yamich49 😍 Oooooooo this sounds great!!! Look at you, you celebrity! 8y
Lindy Sounds good! 8y
Bibliogeekery @Yamich49 - hah! It's my very minor claim to fame 😉. But really, the book is amazing. 8y
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