{"product_id":"this-accident-of-being-lost-songs-and-stories-9781487001278","title":"This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson that rebirths a decolonized reality, one that circles in and out of time and resists dominant narratives or comfortable categorization.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Accident of Being Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is the knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. These visionary pieces build upon Simpson's powerful use of the fragment as a tool for intervention in her critically acclaimed collection \u003ci\u003eIslands of Decolonial Love\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA crow watches over a deer addicted to road salt; Lake Ontario floods Toronto to remake the world while texting \"ARE THEY GETTING IT?\"; lovers visit the last remaining corner of the boreal forest; three comrades guerrilla-tap maples in an upper middle-class neighbourhood; and Kwe gets her firearms license in rural Ontario. Blending elements of Nishnaabeg storytelling, science fiction, contemporary realism, and the lyric voice, \u003ci\u003eThis Accident of Being Lost\u003c\/i\u003e burns with a quiet intensity, like a campfire in your backyard, challenging you to reconsider the world you thought you knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeanne Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three books: \u003ci\u003eDancing on Our Turtle's Back\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gift Is In the Making\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIslands of Decolonial Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eLighting the Eighth Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Is An Honour Song\u003c\/i\u003e (with Kiera Ladner), and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter We Danced: Voice from the Past, the Future, and the Idle No More Movement\u003c\/i\u003e (Kino-nda-niimi collective). Leanne holds a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba and has lectured at universities across Canada. She is of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg ancestry and a member of Alderville First Nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Astoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649032425746,"sku":"9781487001278","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18c95527-d5c3-4fd8-9be9-a6dd75266ac3.jpg?v=1733255916","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-accident-of-being-lost-songs-and-stories-9781487001278","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}