A Brief Celebration

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In this debut poetry collection, Samantha Nock redefines where and what home is. is a love song to northern cuzzins, dive bars, and growing up.

i dont believe in in-between spaces.

i dont believe in long winded monologues

about walking in two worlds.

my existence isnt confusion

and trying to reconcile the fact

that i know how to tell when the seasons are changing

by the way leaves hang

with the fact

that i can count time by bus stops.

Author Bio

Samantha Nock is a Cree-Mtis writer and poet originally from Treaty 8 Territory in the Peace Region of northeast British Columbia. Her family is originally from skitawhk (le--la-Crosse), Saskatchewan. Samantha currently resides on unceded xmkym, Swxw7mesh, and slilwta Lands in so-called Vancouver. She has had works published in Maisonneuve, Vice, Prism International, and Best Canadian Poetry, among others. You can find her on Twitter @sammymarie and Instagram @2broke4bingo.