A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

2019 • 240 pages

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Average rating4.3

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As much a memoir as a collection of essays that centres struggles of Indigenous people with  problems (mental health concerns, poverty, trauma, violence) with systemic causes: racism, colonialism, via the powerful medium of lived experience, bolstered by additional readings/research. Also interrogates writing and photography through an intersectional lens. Innovative participatory essay format for last essay encourages deeper reflection. 
Makes for grim but important reading that pulls you in. 
⚠️SA, disordered eating, mental health concerns, institutionalization, suicidal ideation, misogyny, spousal abuse, child abuse

December 10, 2023