{"product_id":"the-black-prairie-archives-an-anthology-9781771123747","title":"The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e recovers a new regional archive of \"black prairie\" literature, and includes writing that ranges from work by nineteenth-century black fur traders and pioneers, all of it published here for the first time, to contemporary writing of the twenty-first century. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis anthology establishes a new black prairie literary tradition and transforms inherited understandings of what prairie literature looks and sounds like. It collects varied and unique work by writers who were both conscious and unconscious of themselves as black writers or as \"prairie\" people. Their letters, recipes, oral literature, autobiographies, rap, and poetry- provide vivid glimpses into the reality of their lived experiences and give meaning to them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book includes introductory notes for each writer in non-specialist language, and notes to assist readers in their engagement with the literature. This archive and its supporting text offer new scholarly and pedagogical possibilities by expanding the nation's and the region's archives. They enrich our understanding of black Canada by bringing to light the prairies' black histories, cultures, and presences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVernon, Karina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eKarina Vernon\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English at the University of Toronto, where her teaching and research focus on black Canadian literature, archives, and decolonization.","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51213045235986,"sku":"9781771123747","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6154972f-861d-44f0-a092-85c9ea1a8964.jpg?v=1745357767","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-black-prairie-archives-an-anthology-9781771123747","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}