The Indigenous Literatures Book Club met for the 3rd time to discuss Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq. The members of the discuss talked about this beautiful and complex story, and as Carleigh Baker says, "a thick braid of lived experience, philosophy, poetry, and traditional knowledge".

Someone talked about how marginalized folks, particularly indigenous authors, are often asked to either talk about what's going on in their communities, particularly about the difficulties, and to be explicitly political, and how this book defies this want or ask, showing a complex history and present. Someone else asks, "is art ever not political, no matter who the writer is?"

Everyone talked about the mixed mediums, poetry integrated with prose, and someone mentioned listening to the audio book, where Tanya Tagaq also does throat singing in between the chapters, adding such a special aspect to the reading experience. 

Next bookclub, we'll be reading Lindsay Nixon's Nîtisânak. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 2nd.