{"product_id":"the-all-flesh-poems","title":"The All + Flesh : Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrandi Bird, a Saulteaux, Cree, and Metis writer from Treaty 1 Territory, writes frank, transcendent poems that explore the concepts of health, language, place, and memory in this long-anticipated debut collection.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrandi Bird’s long-anticipated debut poetry collection, The All + Flesh, explores the concepts of health, language, place, and memory that connect its author to their chosen kin, blood relatives, and ancestral lands. By examining kinship in broader contexts, these frank, transcendent poems expose binaries that exist inside those relationships, then inspect and tease them apart in the hope of moving toward decolonial future(s). Bird’s work is highly concerned with how outer and inner landscapes move and change within the confines of the English language, particularly the “I” of the self, a tradition of movement that has been lost for many who don’t speak their Indigenous languages or live on their homelands. By exploring the landscapes the poet does inhabit, both internally and externally, Bird’s poems seek to delve into and reflect their cultural lineages—specifically Saulteaux, Cree, and Métis—and how these transformative identities shape the person they are today.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI am made of centuries \u0026amp; carbohydrates\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe development of my molars\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe hunger the teeth grew\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehas been with me since childhood\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI can’t escape the mouths of others\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-truncate\"\u003e2024 Indigenous Voices Awards Recipient, The Prose in English Award \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394812457265,"sku":"jin1789933367640","price":11.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/0925\/7009\/files\/the-all-flesh-poems_1.jpg?v=1789933371","url":"https:\/\/canistersealfit.shop\/products\/the-all-flesh-poems","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}