This is Where

by Louise K. Waakaa’igan

Poetry collection by Louise Waakaa'igan, recipient of the 2017 PEN Poetry Prize for her first-place poem, "There is Where."

In this eagerly anticipated volume Anishinaabekwe poet Louise K. Waakaa'igan lets us hear the "winds of flutes" even as she writes from "concrete plains" of prison. In the tradition of political prisoners Leonard Peltier and Marilyn Buck, this poet lets word fly through and beyond prison walls. A multilayered origin story, This is Where refuses to duck the contradictions of time, place and belonging.

Genres: Poetry, Indigenous

48 pages, Paperback

First published March 10, 2020

Reviews

[m b]

Not my cup of tea, but a lot to think about

[Eram Cowlas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful collection. Each poem is powerful and worth taking your time on.

[Jack Silvernagel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful little collection of poems grappling with abandonment, isolation, language and sky.

[Oscar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Is Where is a collection of words, fallen leaves whirling around in the house of time. This Is Where is a collection of fallen leaves, loosed upon the wind by an Anishinaabekwe poet. This Is Where is the song of an Anishinaabekwe poet, the first song she has set free inside the house of time. Chi-miigwech.