A history of my brief body
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Columbus, OH : Two Dollar Radio, [2020].
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1937512932, 9781937512934
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Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks814.6 BELOn Shelf
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Published
Columbus, OH : Two Dollar Radio, [2020].
Format
Book
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140 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
ISBN
1937512932, 9781937512934

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Includes bibliographic references.
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"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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Belcourt, B. (2020). A history of my brief body . Two Dollar Radio.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Belcourt, Billy-Ray. 2020. A History of My Brief Body. Two Dollar Radio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Belcourt, Billy-Ray. A History of My Brief Body Two Dollar Radio, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Belcourt, Billy-Ray. A History of My Brief Body Two Dollar Radio, 2020.

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