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The new novel from the author of As We Have Always Done, a poetic world-building journey into the power of Anishinaabe life and traditions amid colonialism

In fierce prose and poetic fragments, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's Noopiming braids together humor, piercing detail, and a deep, abiding commitment to Anishinaabe life…

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1 author picked Noopiming as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The book is amazing, it swipes you off your feet and takes you across the ice into an expanse where anthropocentrism makes no sense, and where Ikea can become a site for ritual. Relationships between people and objects are rivaled by those amongst people and non-human others. The innovative writing style functions as another level, where text can't go. Try it out!

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