{"product_id":"9781771088855","title":"I Place You into the Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe incisive and vital first poetry collection from Mi'kmaw spoken-word poet and former poet laureate of Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe remember tomorrow and a thousand years ago. \u003cbr\u003e\nFrom eel weirs to the buffalo. \u003cbr\u003e\nWe remember petroglyphs and Instagram photos. \u003cbr\u003e\nSee, we remember our history, \u003cbr\u003e\nWithout statues, money, or pictures of the Queen.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Mi'kmaw, three similarly shaped words have drastically different meanings: \u003ci\u003ekesalul\u003c\/i\u003e means \"I love you\"; \u003ci\u003ekesa'lul\u003c\/i\u003e means \"I hurt you\"; and \u003ci\u003eke'sa'lul\u003c\/i\u003e means \"I put you into the fire.\" In spoken-word artist and critically acclaimed author (\u003ci\u003eI'm Finding My Talk\u003c\/i\u003e) Rebecca Thomas's first poetry collection, readers will feel Thomas's deep love, pain, and frustration as she holds us all to task, along the way mourning the loss of her childhood magic, exploring the realities of growing up off reserve, and offering up a new Creation Story for Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiverse and probing, \u003ci\u003eI place you into the fire\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a meditation on navigating life and love as a second-generation Residential School survivor, a lesson in unlearning, and a rallying cry for Indigenous justice, empathy, and equality. A searing collection that embodies the vitality and ferocity of spoken-word poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Thomas (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Nimbus Publishing Limited |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2020-10-20","offer_id":44151086612735,"sku":"9781771088855","price":18.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b2b34fcd-9eb2-493e-80c3-35a5a04579b7.jpg?v=1714181735","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781771088855","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}