HARROWINGS by Cecily Nicholson
Set mainly in the rural, HARROWINGS connects with Black intellectual and art history in relation to agriculture. The poems include pulses of memoir from the poet's childhood growing up on a farm, as well as from more recent pandemic experiences volunteering for a local agricultural enterprise led by people who were formerly incarcerated. Considering movements organizing for food security and related, resurgent practices, HARROWINGS also contends with "the farm" as a tract of colonial advance. Tropes of tradition and supremacy are confronted in this study of biome, plants, and soil. Despite episodic and chronic illness, and by way of practical tasks such as sowing, pruning, and watering, the poetry advances with love towards abolitionist futures.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781772014051 |
| ISBN 10 | 1772014052 |
| Title | HARROWINGS |
| Author | Cecily Nicholson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Talon Books,Canada |
| Year published | 2022-12-29 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 2023 (Canada), Long-listed for Pat Lowther Memorial Award 2023 (Canada), Long-listed for Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry 2023 (Canada) |
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