The University of Arizona Press
Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Time: 7 p.m., CST
Where: Detroit Lakes Library, 1000 Washington Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN
To celebrate National Poetry Month, Ojibwe poet Kimberly Blaeser will speak about her book, Ancient Light. Blaeser will read poetry, accompanied by a photography slideshow, which invokes an ancient belonging and the voice of the deep relatedness the poet experiences in the watery regions of Minnesota. A book signing will follow the presentation. The event is free and open to the public.
About the book:
Elegiac and powerful, Ancient Light uses lyric, narrative, and concrete poems to give voice to some of the most pressing ecological and social issues of our time. With vision and resilience, Kimberly Blaeser’s poetry layers together past, present, and futures. Against a backdrop of pandemic loss and injustice, MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women), hidden graves at Native American boarding schools, and destructive environmental practices, Blaeser’s innovative poems trace pathways of kinship, healing, and renewal. They celebrate the solace of natural spaces through sense-laden geo-poetry and picto-poems.
