Angry Queer Somali Boy: A Complicated Memoir / Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali

Public ISBD Title : Angry Queer Somali Boy: A Complicated Memoir Material Type: printed text Authors: Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali, Author Publisher: University of Regina Press ISBN (or other code): 978-0-88977-659-3 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Addiction Biography Biography and personal stories Immigration and Refugees Issues Queer Abstract: Kidnapped by his father on the eve of Somalia's societal implosion, Mohamed Ali was taken first to the Netherlands by his stepmother, and then later on to Canada. Unmoored from his birth family and caught between twin alienating forces of Somali tradition and Western culture, Mohamed must forge his own queer coming of age. What follows in this fierce and unrelenting account is a story of one young man's nascent sexuality fused with the violence wrought by displacement. Angry Queer Somali Boy: A Complicated Memoir [printed text] / Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali, Author . - Canada : University of Regina Press, [s.d.]. ISBN : 978-0-88977-659-3 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Addiction Biography Biography and personal stories Immigration and Refugees Issues Queer Abstract: Kidnapped by his father on the eve of Somalia's societal implosion, Mohamed Ali was taken first to the Netherlands by his stepmother, and then later on to Canada. Unmoored from his birth family and caught between twin alienating forces of Somali tradition and Western culture, Mohamed must forge his own queer coming of age. What follows in this fierce and unrelenting account is a story of one young man's nascent sexuality fused with the violence wrought by displacement.

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PER ABD 2019	PER ABD 2019	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Biography and personal stories	Available

Halfbreed / Maria Campbell

Public ISBD Title : Halfbreed Material Type: printed text Authors: Maria Campbell, Author Publisher: Penguin Random House ISBN (or other code): 978-0-7710-2409-2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Addiction Biography Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Decolonization Family and Relationships Gendered Violence and Survivors Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Intergenerational Trauma Labour, Poverty and Class Poverty Race/Anti-Racism Sexual Assault, violence and healing Trauma Abstract: Originally published in 1973, Halfbread is Metis author Maria Campbell's unflinching memoir documenting her childhood and early adult life. Haunted by poverty, addiction, and tragedy, and taking place in the margins of a society laced with hatred, discrimination, and mistrust. Campbell's story of family ties and the search for identity is nevertheless marked by spare moments of love and joy, and defined by strength, resilience, and an indomitable spirit. This definitive edition includes a new introduction written by Indigenous (Metis) scholar Dr. Kim Anderson, detailing the extraordinary work that Maria has undertaken since the book's original publication, and an Afterword by the author, reflecting on what has and hasn't changed for Indigenous people in Canada today. Restored is the recently discovered missing pages from the original text of this groundbreaking work. Halfbreed [printed text] / Maria Campbell, Author . - [S.l.] : Penguin Random House, [s.d.]. ISBN : 978-0-7710-2409-2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Addiction Biography Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Decolonization Family and Relationships Gendered Violence and Survivors Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Intergenerational Trauma Labour, Poverty and Class Poverty Race/Anti-Racism Sexual Assault, violence and healing Trauma Abstract: Originally published in 1973, Halfbread is Metis author Maria Campbell's unflinching memoir documenting her childhood and early adult life. Haunted by poverty, addiction, and tragedy, and taking place in the margins of a society laced with hatred, discrimination, and mistrust. Campbell's story of family ties and the search for identity is nevertheless marked by spare moments of love and joy, and defined by strength, resilience, and an indomitable spirit. This definitive edition includes a new introduction written by Indigenous (Metis) scholar Dr. Kim Anderson, detailing the extraordinary work that Maria has undertaken since the book's original publication, and an Afterword by the author, reflecting on what has and hasn't changed for Indigenous people in Canada today. Restored is the recently discovered missing pages from the original text of this groundbreaking work.

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PER CAM 1973	PER CAM 1973	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Biography and personal stories	Available

Thought's of the Sober Mind / AJ Smith

Public ISBD Title : Thought's of the Sober Mind : Issue 3: Old Writings from Tumblr Material Type: printed text Authors: AJ Smith, Author Publisher: Self-published ISBN (or other code): PER SMI 2020 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Addiction Biography Biography and personal stories Poetry Self-care Zines Abstract: Thought’s of the sober mind issue 3: Old writings from Tumblr. Issue 3 is different. You see writing to me is more than just words, it’s meaningful and opens up raw parts of me that the world and myself have ever seen. I write when I’m in a bad place this has always kind of been my thing for years now, you know write to heal all the wounds of hurt you once felt. Tumblr was an outlet for me and a lot of others, you know to write/post/like/comment on what they like and share their stories and poetry, writing to me is freeing and this is where issue 3 comes along for my love of writing when I’m in the darkness and not knowing if I’ll ever get out of it. (Spoiler I did) so I bring you months of writing and poetry and sadness, an outlet to my feelings now for all of you to see from my old tumblr! Thought's of the Sober Mind : Issue 3: Old Writings from Tumblr [printed text] / AJ Smith, Author . - [S.l.] : Self-published, [s.d.]. ISSN : PER SMI 2020 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Addiction Biography Biography and personal stories Poetry Self-care Zines Abstract: Thought’s of the sober mind issue 3: Old writings from Tumblr. Issue 3 is different. You see writing to me is more than just words, it’s meaningful and opens up raw parts of me that the world and myself have ever seen. I write when I’m in a bad place this has always kind of been my thing for years now, you know write to heal all the wounds of hurt you once felt. Tumblr was an outlet for me and a lot of others, you know to write/post/like/comment on what they like and share their stories and poetry, writing to me is freeing and this is where issue 3 comes along for my love of writing when I’m in the darkness and not knowing if I’ll ever get out of it. (Spoiler I did) so I bring you months of writing and poetry and sadness, an outlet to my feelings now for all of you to see from my old tumblr!

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PER SMI 2020	PER SMI 2020	Zine	QPIRG-Concordia	Biography and personal stories	Available