sometimes grisly

the acquisition of food

who also didn't come home

do not necessarily speak to Anishinaabe children

who proved themselves to be among the bravest

Rivers in My Veins stories sometimes grislyWith calm elegance and precise language, Rivers in My Veins is a work of lyric courage celebrating the connection we all share to the earth. Kara Briggs' poems sing her people, Sauk Suiattle and Yakama, onto the pages. "Land we live on land," she writes, calling us to embrace our kinship with the earth. As a career journalist, Briggs uses documentary poetry to expose the false settler colonial narratives while innovating rhythms from the social dances