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Louise Bernice Halfe

    Louise Halfe, známa v Cree ako Tančiaca obloha, je uznávaná poetka, ktorej tvorba sa hlboko ponára do tém identity, kultúrneho dedičstva a pretrvávajúceho vplyvu histórie na súčasnosť. Jej verše, silné a surové, skúmajú komplexnosť života domorodých žien, preplietajú osobné a kolektívne skúsenosti s jazykom, ktorý je rovnako zraniteľný ako silný. Halfeov jedinečný štýl odhaľuje psychologické hĺbky a duchovné krajiny, čím pozýva čitateľov zamyslieť sa nad odolnosťou ľudského ducha a naliehavou potrebou počuť a uznať potlačené hlasy.

    Blue Marrow
    • Blue Marrow

      • 109 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      In this intricate dance of language and voice, a contemporary narrator – a Cree woman – draws into the telling of her own story the poignant history of her ancestors and the European newcomers they tragically welcomed into their lives.Grandmothers both actual and spiritual are prominent in this book of vivid characters, but many others, present and past, also appear – Native men and women, fur traders, Jesuits, Metis – all of whose stories interact in the drama of contact so brilliantly rendered here. “Louise Halfe has listened with reverent attention to the beautiful, strong voices of her Cree grandmothers and has allowed her own voice to dance with theirs. Exuberant, disturbing, and always deeply moving, the resulting poems roar, whisper and sing on the page. This book is a gift. It is a privilege to read it.” – Jane UrquhartFURTHER "Cree-ing Loud Into My Night": Louise Bernice Halfe's Blue Marrow, chapter in That's Raven holophrastic readings of contemporary Indigenous literatures by Marieke Neuhaus, CPRC Press, 2011

      Blue Marrow2004