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Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising
Winner, 2024 Writers' Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award
Winner, 2023 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction
Finalist, 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
A wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.
Brandi Morin is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on Indigenous oppression in North America. She is also a survivor of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis and uses her experience to tell the stories of those who did not survive the rampant violence. From her time as a foster kid and runaway who fell victim to predatory men and an oppressive system to her career as an internationally acclaimed journalist, Our Voice of Fire chronicles Morin's journey to overcome enormous adversity and find her purpose, and her power, through journalism. This compelling, honest book is full of self-compassion and the purifying fire of a pursuit for justice.
Book Details
- Publisher: House of Anansi Press
- Publish Date: Aug 2nd, 2022
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.70in - 4.90in - 0.60in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9781487010577
- Categories: • Indigenous• Editors, Journalists, Publishers• Memoirs
About the Author
BRANDI MORIN, an acclaimed Cree/Iroquois/French journalist from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta, Canada, has spent over a decade amplifying Indigenous voices through her work with major outlets including National Geographic, BBC, Al Jazeera English, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times. Her exceptional journalism has earned numerous prestigious awards, including the 2019 Human Rights Reporting award from the Canadian Association of Journalists, the 2022 National Native American Journalism Award for Best Feature Story, a 2022 Edward Murrow Award for her series on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, PEN Canada's 2023 Ken Filkow Prize, Amnesty International Canada's 2022/23 Media Award, a 2024 Sidney Hillman award for her documentary "Killer Water," the 2024 Canadian Association of Journalists Environmental and Climate Change award, and the 2024 Tim Giago Free Press Award.
Praise for this book
Her powerful and necessary work is required reading for all readers seeking to better know the realities and buried truths of the Indigenous experience.
-- "Booklist (starred review)"Morin writes honestly and compassionately ... Her narrative provides an important window into an experience that needs far more mainstream attention.
-- "Liber Review"[Morin] comes to view her life story as intertwined with those of others, particularly other Indigenous women ... In her candour, she calls on us, as readers, to be good visitors in her narrative.
-- "Literary Review of Canada"Morin's writing is very satisfying. ... Cathartic and evocative, Our Voice of Fire is a beautiful memoir ... [and] a wake-up call to Canada's settlers and the politically indifferent.
-- "Cloud Lake Literary"Brandi Morin's storytelling is accessible, powerful, and clear. ... She is a brave and vulnerable storyteller who brings greater empathy and understanding into the lives of Indigenous people and the cycles of intergenerational trauma and yet manages to get up again and again in hope.
-- "Miramichi Reader"