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Spring 2022 Uap.Ualberta.Ca uap.ualberta.ca spring 2022 4 Award Winners Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih Stories from the People of the Land LESLIE MCCARTNEY & GWICH’IN TRIBAL COUNCIL • Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta | Short-listed • AUPresses Book, Jacket, & Journal Show | Scholarly Typographic | Winner, Design by Alan Brownoff. I Am Still Your Negro An Homage to James Baldwin VALERIE MASON-JOHN • AUPresses Book, Jacket, & Journal Show | Poetry and Literature | Winner, Design by Alan Brownoff. The Flying Zoo Birds, Parasites, and the World They Share MICHAEL STOCK • 2021 Wildlife Society’s Best Wildlife Publication Award, Popular Book (Alberta Chapter) | Winner An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading DIONNE BRAND Contents 1 General Interest • Trade Non-Fiction Book of the Year | 2 Indigenous Studies Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers 4 Memoir Association of Alberta | Short-listed 6 Poetry 9 Theatre / Drama 10 Audiobook 11 CIUS Press 12 Recently Announced 16 Sales & Distribution 17 Order Information GENERAL INTEREST Next Time There’s a Pandemic VIVEK SHRAYA Afterword by J.R. Carpenter “During my first post-lockdown massage we had the requisite chit chat about our lockdown experi- ences. He gushed: ‘Oh man. It was so great. Every day I woke up, drank coffee, read, rode my bike…’ This did sound pretty great. But it was nothing like my own, anxiety-ridden ordeal. Had I done the lockdown wrong?” 1 In Next Time There’s a Pandemic, artist Vivek Shraya reflects on how she might have approached 2020 and the covid-19 pandemic differently, and how challenging and changing pervasive expressions, attitudes, and behaviours might transform our experiences of life in—and after—the pandemic. What might happen if, rather than urging one another to “stay safe,” we focused instead on being caring? What if, instead of striving to “make the best of it” by doing something, we sometimes chose to do nothing? With generosity, Shraya captures the dissonances of this moment, urging us to keep showing up for each other so we are better prepared for the next time…and for all times. vivek shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” A seven-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, Shraya lives in Treaty 7 territory, where she is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Calgary. 56 pages | Foreword/liminaire, joint afterword with J.R. Carpenter clc Kreisel Lecture Series 978–1–77212–605–1 | 5.25” x 9” | $12.99 (t) paper 978–1–77212–608–2 | $12.99 (t) epub 978–1–77212–609–9 | $12.99 (t) pdf Canadian Literature / Pandemic February 2022 INDIGENOUS STUDIES / HEALTH Walking Together, Working Together Engaging Wisdom for Indigenous Well-Being Edited by LESLIE MAIN JOHNSON This collection takes a holistic view of well-being, seeking complementarities between Indigenous approaches to healing and Western biomedicine. Topics include traditional healers and approaches to treatment of disease and illness; tradi- tional knowledge and intellectual property around medicinal plant knowledge; 2 the role of diet and traditional foods in health promotion; culturally sensitive approaches to healing work with urban Indigenous populations; and integrating biomedicine, alternative therapies, and Indigenous healing in clinical practice. Throughout, the voices of Elders, healers, physicians, and scholars are in dialogue to promote Indigenous community well-being through collaboration. This book will be of interest to scholars in Indigenous Studies, medicine and public health, medical anthropology, and anyone involved with care delivery and public health in Indigenous communities. contributors: Darlene Auger, Dorothy Badry, Margaret David, Meda DeWitt, Hal Eagletail, Gary L. Ferguson III, Marc Fonda, Annie Goose, Angela Grier (Pioohksoopanskii), Leslie Main Johnson, Allison Kelliher, Patrick Lightning, Mary Maje, Maria Mayan, Ruby E. Morgan, Richard T. Oster, Ann Maje Raider, Camille (Pablo) Russell, Ginetta Salvalaggio, Ellen L. Toth, Harry Watchmaker leslie main johnson is Professor Emerita, Anthropology, at Athabasca University, living in Edmonton on Treaty 6 territory. 272 pages | 48 figures Patterns of Northern Traditional Healing Series Polynya Press 978–1–77212–537–5 | 6” x 9” | $34.99 (s) paper 978–1–77212–622–8 | $34.99 (s) epub 978–1–77212–623–5 | $34.99 (s) pdf Health / Indigenous Studies / Oral History May 2022 INDIGENOUS STUDIES / EDUCATION Troubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education Critical Perspectives Edited by SANDRA D. STYRES & ARLO KEMPF Foreword by Jan Hare Troubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education offers a series of critical perspectives concerning reconciliation and reconciliatory efforts between Canadian and Indigenous peoples. Indigenous 3 and non-Indigenous scholars address both theoretical and practical aspects of troubling reconciliation in education across various contexts with significant diversity of thought, approach, and socio-political location. Throughout, the work challenges mainstream reconciliation discourses. This timely, unflinching anal- ysis will be invaluable to scholars and students of Indigenous studies, sociology, and education. contributors: Daniela Bascuñán, Jennifer Brant, Liza Brechbill, Shawna Carroll, Frank Deer, George J. Sefa Dei (Nana Adusei Sefa Tweneboah), Lucy El-Sherif, Rachel yacaaʔał George, Celia Haig-Brown, Arlo Kempf, Jeannie Kerr, Ruth Koleszar-Green, David Newhouse, Amy Parent, Michelle Pidgeon, Robin Quantick, Jean-Paul Restoule, Toby Rollo, Mark Sinke, Sandra D. Styres, Lynne Wiltse, Dawn Zinga sandra styres is of Kanien’kehá:ka, English, and French descent. She is Associate Professor and a Canada Research Chair at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (oise), University of Toronto. arlo kempf is Assistant Professor of Equity and Antiracism Education, also at oise. 432 pages 978–1–77212–600–6 | 6” x 9” | $46.99 (s) paper 978–1–77212–618–1 | $46.99 (s) epub 978–1–77212–619–8 | $46.99 (s) pdf Education / Indigenous Studies / Decolonization May 2022 MEMOIR / CANADIAN HISTORY The Fur Trader From Oslo to Oxford House EINAR ODD MORTENSEN SR. with Gerd Kjustad Mortensen Edited by Ingrid Urberg & Daniel Sims The Fur Trader is a critical edition of Einar Odd Mortensen Sr.’s personal narrative detailing the years (1925–28) he spent as a free trader at posts in Pine Bluff and Oxford Lake in Manitoba during the waning days of the fur trade. Mortensen’s original narrative has been translated from 4 Norwegian to English, and supplemented with a scholarly introduction, thorough annotations, a bibliography, and a reading guide. This additional material pres- ents the author as a product of Norwegian culture at the time, and is intended to guide the reader through a close reading of Mortensen’s interpretations of the Indian Residential School system, the people he encounters, and Indigenous participation in the First World War. Mortensen’s insights and experiences will be of interest to scholars, students, and enthusiasts of the fur trade, and will also make contributions to literary, Indigenous, and Scandinavian studies. gerd kjustad mortensen is the daughter-in-law of einar odd mortensen sr. She holds a m.ed. and has taught at Oslo College, Hamar College, and at the University of Stavanger. ingrid urberg is Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Alberta. daniel sims is a member of the Tsay Keh Dene First Nation. He is Associate Professor of First Nations Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. 224 pages | 1 map, 28 photographs, 2 illustrations, reading guide for students and book clubs 978–1–77212–598–6 | 6” x 9” | $34.99 (s) paper 978–1–77212–614–3 | $34.99 (s) EPUB 978–1–77212–615–0 | $34.99 (s) PDF Canadian History / Indigenous Studies / Fur Trade June 2022 MEMOIR/ LITERARY NONFICTION Blue Portugal & Other Essays THERESA KISHKAN Using the richness of braided essays, Theresa Kishkan thinks deeply about the natural world, mourns and celebrates the aging body, interrogates and gently contests recorded history, and explores art and visual phenomenon. Gathering personal genealogies, medical histories, and early land surveys together with the liminal spaces of memory and insights from music, colour theory, horticulture, and textile production, Kishkan weaves patterns and dangles loose threads, 5 welcoming readers to share her intellectual and emotional preoccupations. The rivers of the author’s home province echo the venous system of her body. The indigo powder she turns into dye shares a palette with entoptic phenomena. The title essay recalls a wine she first drank in her grandmother’s homeland; another dances with memories of mothering and the structure of Bach’s Partita No. 2 for solo violin. With an intimate awareness of place and time, a deep sensitivity to family, and a poetic delight in travel, local food and wine, and dogs, Blue Portugal & Other Essays offers up a sense of wonder at the interconnectedness of all things, revealing Kishkan as a virtuoso of her craft. theresa kishkan lives on the Sechelt Peninsula in British Columbia. She has published more than a dozen books, including poetry, fiction, and collections of essays. 176 pages, 20 images Wayfarer Series 978–1–77212–599–3 | 6” x 9” | $24.99 (t) paper 978–1–77212–616–7 | $24.99 (t) EPUB 978–1–77212–617–4 | $24.99 (t) PDF Canadian Literature / Literary Essays / Memoir April 2022 POETRY Arborophobia NANCY HOLMES Arborophobia, the latest collection by award-winning poet Nancy Holmes, is a poetic spiritual reckoning. Its elegies, litanies, and indictments concern wonder, guilt, and grief about the journey of human life and the state of the natural world. When a child attempts suicide and western North America burns and the creep of mortality closes in, is spiritual and emotional solace possible or even desir- able? Answers abound in measured, texturally 6 intimate, and often surprising ways.
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