A Mind Spread Out on the Ground was a fascinating and insightful critical and narrative essay collection. The writing is powerful and it's the type of book that has words that hit you and make you think. Her essays cover a range of themes and topics including depression & mental health, man vs. woman stereotypes, colonialism, sexual assault, abuse, and trauma, and Indigenous culture. There is so much to unpack from this book. It's one of the most insightful essay collections that I've ever read. The final essay threw me for a loop and I didn't like the way that it came across so the book ended on a lower note for me. But I recommend that this book be read by any Canadian interested in social issues and the way the world thinks.