Tuscarora writer Alicia Elliott grew up poor and unsure, the daughter of a white mother who was mentally ill and an Indigenous father who was abusive. Her childhood is heartbreaking ground, and she writes about it fearlessly in her debut collection of essays, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground. With caustic wit and sharp prose, Alicia Elliott turns her own lived experience into seething declarations on the political and social issues of contemporary Canada. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground is a breathless barrage of facts, confessions and conjecture. But that A Mind Spread Out on the Ground is written for an Indigenous readership is a triumph in and of itself.

Source: thestar April 12, 2019 14:15 UTC