Ebook {Epub PDF} Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist

 · Arielle Twist is a Cree transgender woman who hails from George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan but is currently living in Nova Scotia. Disintegrate/Dissociate is a self-reflective poetry. Her debut collection ‘ Disintegrate/Dissociate’ was a finalist for the Publishing Triangle Awards for Trans and Gender Variant Literature and won The Indigenous Voices Award for Published Poetry and is a Finalist for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers. Enter Arielle Twist. Enter her ecstatic, surprising, jubilant family, friends, and fans. Twist launched her debut collection of poetry, Disintegrate/Dissociate (Arsenal Pulp, ), on a wintry Saturday night at the Khyber Arts Centre in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), unceded Mi’kmaq territory where Twist currently lives. The small community venue was packed to the rafters and vibrating with anticipation—for a poet!Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

Arielle Twist's elegant debut ends with a powerful postscript: "Ah-hay, my Indigiqueer and Two- Spirit kin, this is for us." It's a thank you, a declaration of communal ownership, and a fitting, defiant final note for a book of poems dealing with Indigenous ancestral memory and the effects of colonial violence. Your wedding day was a hurricane; your bride in red was like a kiss on on the dry prairie dirt. You actually never told me the story of how it went. The wedding, I mean. In fact, you never told me about how you chose a DJ, or if the flowers glistened in the sunlight. I don't think you've ever told me about the places you would love to see, either, or the way our dad smelled when you were seven. Arielle Twist is a Nehiyaw, Two-Spirit, Trans woman whose work reclaims and harnesses ancestral magic and memories. Originally from George Gordon First Nation, Saskatchewan, Twist is now based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Arielle Twist’s elegant debut ends with a powerful postscript: “Ah-hay, my Indigiqueer and Two- Spirit kin, this is for us.” It’s a thank you, a declaration of communal ownership, and a fitting, defiant final note for a book of poems dealing with Indigenous ancestral memory and the effects of colonial violence. Reviews. Arielle Twist is an expansive force of holy radiant power and illuminating fury. Disintegrate/Dissociate follows in the literary footsteps of legendary trans. Arielle Twist writes an autobiographical collection of poems that explore how sexual violence can be linked to colonial power and also outlines how healing can be found through metaphorical destruction and death. Twist unwittingly condemns colonial systems and highlights the decolonial process, which occurs through her and her culture’s survival.