Shortlisted: Canadian Regional Design Award
After reading Derbyshire’s sui generis autofiction
Kerry Clare reads and writes in Toronto
the familiar with the unfamiliar
Blood Root women in sports Shortlisted: Canadian Regional Design AwardReflecting on a dual upbringing in two villages, Bobcaygeon (Canada Turtle Island) and Badela (Sierra Leone), Jessica Hiemstras new collection of poems delves into her relationship with home. In Blood Root, she interrogates questions of legacy, land, belonging, and the breathtaking intimacy of death. One moment tender, the next moment dark, hard, and raw, Blood Root blends diary entries, drawings, and lyricism to hold up a polished mirror to