Dallas Hunt: Notes on Indigenous Grief and Joy
(A recommended reading list by Dallas Hunt, whose new book of poetry is TEETH.) "Complex (or complicated) grief has been referred to as a particular manifestation of grief that has 'gone awry.' But what if the conditions that produce and proliferate your grief are enabled and constituted by a world regulated by the dictates of settler colonialism? Put another way, what if your grief is the product of a world 'gone awry?' The writers of these books, to differing degrees, grapple with notions of 'grief' (or similar affects) constituted by the machinations of settler colonialism in their everyday lives. And yet, these writers also write of joy, of the pockets of livability that exist under occupation, of the smiles that subtend and attend to grief. These books are riotous, boisterous, complex, engaging, hilarious, and, at times, sad. They all invite you into their worlds, even if they're askew or awry. Read, dwell, and stay awhile.."
