Beautiful Beautiful Shannon Stewart Hastings-Sunrise is a gift to

Hastings-Sunrise is a gift to readers

but possesses a seething momentum—look up and you've traveled light years

as are "The Wallet" (a superb sonnet with a surprising turn) and the anaphoric dirge "Aubade"

and Matwichuk’s skillful use of erasure technique creates segues that lead the reader forward

bespeaks a life lived

Beautiful Beautiful Shannon Stewart Hastings-Sunrise is a gift toDescription Imbued with passion, creativity and insight, Brandon Reids debut novel is a wonderfully creative coming of age story exploring indigeneity, masculinity and cultural tradition. Twelve year old Derik Mormin travels with his father and a family friend to Bella Bella for his grandfathers funeral. Along the way, he uncovers the traumatic history of his ancestors, considers his relationship to masculinity and explores the contrast between rural