In Disintegrate/Dissociate, an award-winning debut collection of poetry, Arielle Twist writes unsparingly of the death and violence that preceded and accompanied her birth and life as a Nehiyaw, Two Spirit and trans woman. In short, staccato bursts, Twist grapples with the erased languages around her, and the destruction and desire of relationships. Poems that particularly encounter the fissures between queerness and Indigeneity, and the connections between transness and spirituality include "Who Will Save You Now?" "Mother/Creator, "Born in Mourning" and "Iskwêw." For all its linguistic sparseness, Disintegrate/Dissociate is a substantial and forceful work to be read and read again. Content warning: explicit language, sexual assault, abuse.

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