Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells: Part 1: Scraping Lungs Like Hide
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In their second poetry collection, Tawahum Bige explores belonging and voice of a Two-Spirit Dene youth.
These poems are a stark plunge—an answer to how voice emerges for a young Two Spirit growing up in so-called “Surrey, BC,” far from his Łutselk'e Dene territories. The fundamental thrum in which vocal cords produce sound to whisper, cry, holler and laugh—these inner workings are made corporeal through moments of growth from childhood to young adulthood to show how the seeds sprouted for someone who needed to learn to express to find their path.
Nightwood Editions
ISBN: 9780889714601
Paperback / softback
5.5 in x 8 in - 96 pp
Publication Date: 12/04/2025
BISAC Subject(s): POE011010-POETRY / Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island,POE021000-POETRY / LGBTQ+,POE023060-POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Political & Protest
Description
In their second poetry collection, Tawahum Bige explores belonging and voice of a Two-Spirit Dene youth.
These poems are a stark plunge—an answer to how voice emerges for a young Two Spirit growing up in so-called “Surrey, BC,” far from his Łutselk'e Dene territories. The fundamental thrum in which vocal cords produce sound to whisper, cry, holler and laugh—these inner workings are made corporeal through moments of growth from childhood to young adulthood to show how the seeds sprouted for someone who needed to learn to express to find their path.
Details
Nightwood Editions
ISBN: 9780889714601
Paperback / softback
5.5 in x 8 in - 96 pp
Publication Date: 12/04/2025
BISAC Subject(s): POE011010-POETRY / Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island,POE021000-POETRY / LGBTQ+,POE023060-POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Political & Protest