Totem Poles and Railroads

Synopsis

Totem Poles And Railroads Succinctly Defines The 500-year-old Relationship Between Indigenous Nations And The Corporation Of Canada. In This, Her Fifth Poetry Collection, Janet Rogers Expands On That Defnition With A Playful, Culturally Powerful And, At Times, Experimental Voice. She Pays Honour To Her Poetic Characters -- Real And Imagined, Historical And Present Day -- From Sacajawea To Nina Simone. Placing Poetry At The Centre Of Our Current Post-residential School/present-day Reconciliation Reality, Rogers' Poems Are Expansive And Intimate, Challenging, Thought-provoking, And Always Personal.--back Cover. By Janet Rogers. Poems.