The acclaimed Antiguan-Canadian artist traces a global journey from Vancouver to the United States, Caribbean, Paris, and Morocco as a relationship with her lover and travel partner disintegrates and she finds herself on a path toward personal discovery and spiritual fulfillment that leads her deep into the North African landscape.
"Tanya Evanson’s work takes a bird’s-eye approach to humanity and spirituality, with a friendly but existential questioning of the folly of Western life." —The Montreal Review of Books
Tawhida Tanya Evansonis an Antiguan-Québecoise poet, performer, and producer. Author of two books of poetry,Nouveau Griot(Frontenac 2018) andBothism(Ekstasis 2017),Book of Wingsis her first work of fiction. With a 20-year practice in spoken word, she performs internationally and has released several studio albums and videopoems. Evanson is program director of Banff Centre Spoken Word. Born and based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, she moonlights as a whirling dervish.
This is First Fiction by an acclaimed BIPOC poet, on a quest for spiritual fulfillment.
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