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Lunchtime nonfiction with Saki. Despite my little pal‘s glare, this is an important and insightful work that digs into the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls from academic, legal, and personal angles. (NB: it was published in 2017. More recent writing on the matter also includes two-spirit people.)

I'm always impressed when people can write multiple POVs and make all of them distinct! Seeing how all the storylines were going to connect and lead to changes was fascinating, too. Spare but lovely. #contemporaryfiction #indigenouslit

Check out an award winning book recommendation by Kim on Book Interrupted‘s Manuscript Monday here: https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday-the-break

Important read.

This gorgeous novel follows five generations of Métis women dealing with the deep wounds of intergenerational trauma from a great grandmother trying to sober up before she dies to a mother reconnecting to the daughter she gave up for adoption. I particularly loved the chapters from the POV of bison, the grasslands, and a pair of dogs.

The stories of five generations of Métis women intertwined with tales of bison, pets, and the land itself. They talk about dealing with generational trauma, substance abuse, and forgiving yourself in order to move on.

Not going to lie, it took a while for me to get into the story because of all the different POVs but by the end I was really enjoying it.

My current read starts with an digression on how this book should be classified (the author goes with “Métis futurism,” based on her heritage) and in the process provides some insight into #Afrofuturism and the place of sff/speculative fiction in social commentary and reform. I thought folks might find it interesting given the #booked23 prompt and Septembers #aam post 1/2

Post 2/2 from the tagged book on using speculative fiction in a socially conscious way, including #Afrofuturism and other localities in futurism and works by BIPOC writers, such as Métis futurism. I especially love the quote in the top passage ?

#TLT @dabbe

1. Mattie Ross (True Grit) - number 1 by a mile, on short list of favorite character ever.
2. Judith Hearne (The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne)
3. Three-way tie between Moiraine, Egwene (Wheel of Time), and Lady Jessica (Dune)

Tag @RaeLovesToRead @CBee @Leftcoastzen @BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ

Breakfast reading with Cooper. He‘s my little shadow, this guy. The other dogs sometimes wander off to do their own things, but Coopy‘s never very far away. I think he especially likes reading time because it‘s prime snuggle time.