In Dionne Brand’s novel What We All Long For, each of the central characters attempts to define and redefine what it means to belong through their own experiences and interactions. For Tuyen, belonging is not defined by identifying with specific...

In Dionne Brand’s novel What We All Long For, each of the central characters attempts to define and redefine what it means to belong through their own experiences and interactions. For Tuyen, belonging is not defined by identifying with specific...

“Poetry is my first language”. — Dionne Brand, Abbas 18

Dionne Brand’s novel At the Full and Change of the Moon reads as part poem and part novel combining powerfully evocative images of sight, sound, and smell, with a multigenerational story...