Moving Upstream

by Mary Barnes

Following her critically acclaimed first collection of poetry, What Fox Knew, poet Mary Barnes’ sophomore collection, Moving Upstream reveals a tempered grace. Barnes brings her Ojibwe roots to the fore and elegantly coaxes out the seemingly quiet world we often take for granted. In this masterful new collection, we are transported to place and time, to the heart and soul of the poet’s love for the natural world.

Genres: Indigenous

131 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 18, 2023

About the author

Mary Edith Barnes was an English artist and writer who suffered from schizophrenia and became a successful painter. She is particularly known for her documentation of her experience at R.D. Laing's experimental therapeutic community at Kingsley Hall, London. She is referenced in the book The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson and Thomas Szasz's Schizophrenia.

Reviews

[Jbondandrews · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed some of the poems.