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Fifth World Drum

by (author) Anna Marie Sewell

Publisher
Frontenac House Ltd.
Initial publish date
Sep 2001
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897181256
    Publish Date
    Sep 2001
    List Price
    $15.95

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Description

In my life, i am following a song. Strong and solid, a wavering whisper, nearly inaudible; rhythm of the Fifth World Drum, and the whole world arising. The poems in this collection are about moments caught in its rhythm, and they are about hunting the rhythm. They also pay homage to some of the many beautiful companions along the road, in whose presence sings the rising rhythm of the Fifth World Drum.

About the author

Anna Marie Sewell is an award-winning multi-genre writer/performer, whose career has centred around collaborative multidisciplinary work, including Ancestors & Elders, Reconciling Edmonton (which featured the first ever Round Dance at Edmonton's City Hall), Braidings, Honour Songs and Heart of the Flower. As Edmonton's 4th Poet Laureate, Anna Marie created and curated The PoemCatcher public art installation. She founded and ran Big Sky Theatre, a three year training and performance project producing original Aboriginal (it was the 90s) theatre with urban youth. She is also a founding member of the Stroll of Poets, which has provided an entrée into Edmonton's public poetry community since 1991.

Anna Marie authored two critically-acclaimed (and much-shortlisted) poetry collections, Fifth World Drum (Frontenac House, 2009), and 2018's For the Changing Moon: Poems & Songs (Thistledown Press). Her essays and articles appear in Eighteen Bridges, Alberta Views, New Trail, Write Magazine, Legacy and various scholarly publications. She's even had a recipe published in a cookbook.

Humane is Anna Marie's first novel. She drafted it with support from an Edmonton Artist Trust Fund award, and finished it as part of her tenure as MacEwan University's 2019/20 Writer in Residence, a gig which has also entailed performing with a 24 piece orchestra, co-producing 2 multilingual poetry & song showcases, and collaborating with an array of artists and educators. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

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