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Querying the relations between writing and other forms of action, Wong seeks a shift in consciousness through poems that bespeak a range of responses to our world: anger, protest, anxiety, bewilderment, hope and love. In her words, \"the next shift may be the biggest one yet, the union of the living, from mosquito to manatee to mom.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eForage\u003c\/i\u003e is accompanied by marginalia, Chinese characters and photos that give depth to the political context in which most of Wong's poems are situated. 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Exploring a variety of poetic forms, anecdote, allusion and visual elements, this collection reminds humanity that we are water bodies, and we need and deserve better ways of honouring this.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Poet Rita Wong approaches water through personal, cultural and political lenses. She humbles herself to water both physically and spiritually: \"i will apprentice myself to creeks \u0026amp; tributaries, groundwater \u0026amp; glaciers \/ listen for the salty pulse within, the blood that recognizes marine ancestry.\" She witnesses the contamination of First Nations homelands and sites, such as Gregoire Lake near Fort McMurray, AB: \"though you look placid, peaceful dibenzothiophenes \/ you hold bitter, bitumized depths.\" Wong points out that though capitalism and industry are supposed to improve our quality of life, they're destroying the very things that give us life in the first place. 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