Thank you to House of Anansi Press & NetGalley for the advanced reader's copy.

Available September 1st 2020

What a pleasure it is to be alive at the same time as Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, what a wonder to experience her thoughts and words and art and point of view. A response to an 1852 memoir by a white Canadian settler, "Noopiming" breaths into what is considered barren frozen wasteland. Drawing on ancient myths, Nishnaabeg storyteller Simpson deconstructs what it means to be in the world into seven vital components, or the seven main 'characters', Akiwenzii the will, Ninaatig the lungs, Mindimooyenh the conscience, Sabe the marrow, Adik the nervous system, Asin the eys and ears, Lucy the brain. In contrast to her other works, "Noopiming" is more esoteric and pushes us as readers to consider existence as a whole. Simpson asks what it means to own and to belong, to count or to be counted, to love and to live. A dramatic, tender and creative reclamation of native America, this work is vital in today's political climate.