An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading

by Dionne Brand

The geopolitics of empire had already prepared me for thiscoloniality constructs outsides and insides--worlds to be chosen, disturbed, interpreted, and navigated--in order to live something like a real self.

Internationally acclaimed poet and novelist Dionne Brand reflects on her early reading of colonial literature and how it makes Black being inanimate. She explores her encounters with colonial, imperialist, and racist tropes; the ways that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772125083
• ISBN13: 9781772125085
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.8"