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A history of my brief body / Billy-Ray Belcourt.

Belcourt, Billy-Ray, (author.). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. NDN boyhood. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Futuromania. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Gay: 8 scenes. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Loneliness in the age of Grindr. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Fragments from a half-existence. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Alphabet of longing. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Robert. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Notes from an archive of injuries. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Please keep loving: reflections on unlivability. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. Fatal naming rituals. Container of (work) : (Added Author). Belcourt, Billy-Ray. To hang our grief up to dry. Container of (work) : (Added Author).

Summary:

"Billy-Ray Belcourt's debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of Joussard, Alberta, and on the Driftpile First Nation. Piece by piece, Billy-Ray's writings invite us to unpack and explore the big and broken world he inhabits every day, in all its complexity and contradiction: a legacy of colonial violence and the joy that flourishes in spite of it; first loves and first loves lost; sexual exploration and intimacy; the act of writing as a survival instinct and a way to grieve. What emerges is not only a profound meditation on memory, gender, anger, shame, and ecstasy, but also the outline of a way forward. With startling honesty, and in a voice distinctly and assuredly his own, Belcourt situates his life experiences within a constellation of seminal queer texts, among which this book is sure to earn its place. Eye-opening, intensely emotional, and excessively quotable, A History of My Brief Body demonstrates over and over again the power of words to both devastate and console us"--Amazon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781937512934
  • ISBN: 1937512932
  • Physical Description: 140 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Columbus, Ohio : Two Dollar Radio, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"An earlier version of 'Fatal Naming Rituals' was published in Hazlitt in 2018. 'Notes from an Archive of Injuries' was published in the Winter 2020 issue of Prairie Fire."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-140).
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface : a letter to Nôhkom -- Introduction : A short theoretical note -- An NDN boyhood -- A history of my brief body -- Futuromania -- Gay: 8 scenes -- Loneliness in the age of Grindr -- Fragments from a half-existence -- An alphabet of longing -- Robert -- Notes from an archive of injuries -- Please keep loving : reflections on unlivability -- Fatal naming rituals -- To hang our grief up to dry.
Citation/References Note:
Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (August 4, 2023) https://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx

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