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Danceland Diary

Danceland Diary

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Luka Dekker and her sister Connie are the inheritors of a secretive and disturbing family history going back three generations to the disappearance of their great-grandfather.

Their troubled mother, Lark, also mysteriously disappeared; and their beloved grandmother, who raised the two girls, had a life haunted by a traumatic event that is only revealed after her death. The story is played out against a backdrop of the drug-fueled Downtown Eastside of Vancouver and the horrific pig farm murders, the seductive beauty of rural Saskatchewan, and the glittering lights of a famous prairie dance hall. Luka’s quest for her mother, and for peace and love, is a disquieting, moving, and thoroughly engaging examination of intergenerational trauma and forgiveness.

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Among the Untamed

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By turns angry, powerful, visceral, evocative, and ultimately hopeful, this modern retelling of Joan of Arc in linked poems casts her as a prairie-born Jeanne Dark. In tough, tender lyrical language filled with imagery and magic, the protagonist explores sexual politics, feminism, gender identity, and how we make meaning of life.
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Events

Workshop facilitator, “Repetition, Resonance, and Rhythm in Form Poetry” - Saturday, 16 September 2023

Admin Centre for Sport, Culture and Rec, Saskatoon, 1 pm – 5 pm

Registration required through the SWG’s website

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Moderator, Saskatchewan Youth Poet Laureate Panel, Saskatchewan Writers Guild Annual Conference - Saturday, 21 October 2023

ParkTown Hotel, Saskatoon, 2:30 pm

Registration required through SWG’s website

 

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