Iskotew Iskwew: Poetry of a Northern Rez Girl
- Author Name: Francine Merasty
- Award Year: 2022
- Publisher: Bookland Press
- Publication Date: 2021
- ISBN: 9781772311457
- Author Website: http://www.francinemerasty.ca
About the Book
Iskotew Iskwew is a poetry collection written during a period of trauma while working as Counsel to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in 2017. Iskotew Iskwew (Fire Woman), is about my memories and experience growing up on the Pelican Narrows Reserve in northern Saskatchewan in the 1980s: summers spent on the land, the gentle lessons of my loving mother and steadfast ancestors, and the pain of residential school. The collection also includes my often humourous and sometimes heartbreaking experiences adapting to non-Indigenous society.
About the Author
Francine Merasty is a lawyer and a poet. She is the author of poetry collection, Iskotew Iskwew: Poetry of a Northern Rez Girl (Bookland Press, 2021). She holds a BA and JD from the University of Saskatchewan. Francine began writing poetry while working for the National Inquiry into MMIWG as a way to release trauma. She has published in several magazines and will also be featured in the poetry anthology The Best American Poetry 2021, released in September. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.