The Red Files

by Lisa Bird-Wilson and Lisa Bird-Wilson

This debut poetry collection from Lisa Bird-Wilson reflects on the legacy of the residential school system: the fragmentation of families and histories, with blows that resonate through the generations.

Inspired by family and archival sources, Bird-Wilson assembles scraps of a history torn apart by colonial violence. The collection takes its name from the federal government's complex organizational structure of residential schools archives,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889713162
• ISBN13: 9780889713161
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Nightwood Editions
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 7.8"