Toronto Star
A testament to the power of connection, This Accident of Being Lost is by turns poignant, funny, fiercely angry and deeply sad . . . remarkable.
Globe and Mail
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a poet who strides through multiple realms. In This Accident of Being Lost, she carries the reader along with her urgent, direct address . . . It is the uneasiness and emotional uncertainty of her characters that makes the book strangely addictive. I was stunned by Simpson’s generosity in sharing these experiences and inviting us to be challenged and to be lost. I welcomed having my assumptions about urban Indigenous people upended, and this is accomplished with the nourishing humour, wisdom, and poetic, loose-limbed lines that have been sewn through the stories.
From the Publisher
Leanne is a gifted writer who brings passion and commitment to her storytelling and who has demonstrated an uncommon ability to manage an impressive range of genres from traditional storytelling to critical analysis, from poetry to spoken word, from literary and social activism to songwriting. She is, in my opinion, one of the more articulate and engaged voices of her generation.” — Thomas King, author of Green Grass , Running Water and The Inconvenient Indian
Praise for Leanne Simpson and Islands of Decolonial Love :
“Islands of Decolonial Love is the sort of book I have been looking for all my life — the kind of book that is going to make me a good writer, a good listener, and goo citizen — it is going to wake up everything that is brilliant in everyone that reads it.” — Lee Maracle, author of Ravensong and Celia’s Song
a truly creative and heartfelt work
Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review
