★ [Akiwenzie-Damm's] luminescent prose in this book dances "like jingle dress dancers," and is somehow still compressed to shining perfection - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
In the Anishnaabe language and worldview, stones are alive, infused with life force or spirit. Although many of the stories are about loss, under that surface they are alive, celebrating the beauty and preciousness of life.—Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
In these 14 unique stories, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm takes on complex and dangerous emotions, exploring the gamut of modern Anishinaabe experience. Through unforgettable characters, these stories—about love and lust, suicide and survival, illness and wholeness—illuminate the strange workings of the human heart.
★ [Akiwenzie-Damm's] luminescent prose in this book dances "like jingle dress dancers," and is somehow still compressed to shining perfection - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
In the Anishnaabe language and worldview, stones are alive, infused with life force or spirit. Although many of the stories are about loss, under that surface they are alive, celebrating the beauty and preciousness of life.—Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
In these 14 unique stories, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm takes on complex and dangerous emotions, exploring the gamut of modern Anishinaabe experience. Through unforgettable characters, these stories—about love and lust, suicide and survival, illness and wholeness—illuminate the strange workings of the human heart.
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (she/her/hers) is a writer, poet, spoken-word performer, librettist, and activist from the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, Saugeen Ojibway Nation, as well as an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Indigenous Literatures and Oral Traditions at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She is the founder and Managing Editor of Kegedonce Press which was established in 1993 to publish the work of Indigenous creators. Kateri has written two books of poetry, was a contributor to the graphic novel anthology This Place: 150 Years Retold, was editor of the award-winning Skins: Contemporary Indigenous Writing, and has released two poetry and music CDs. Kateri's work has been published internationally, and she has performed and spoken around the world. (Re)Generation: The Poetry of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, a book of collected poems, was released by Wilfrid Laurier Press in 2021 and the translation of her first collection of poetry, Mon coeur est une balle perdue, was released in 2024 by Le Noroît. Her poem restitution OR Nanabush speaks to the settlers was shortlisted for the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize.
A Story Circle Network Finalist for the Sarton Women’s Book Award
for Young Adult Fiction
*Story Circle Network*
A dreamblur of raw desire, heartbreak, and heartache. …The Stone
Collection is literary and soul perfection.
*Richard Van Camp, Author, The Lesser Blessed*
★[Akiwenzie-Damm's] luminescent prose in this book dances "like
jingle dress dancers," and is somehow still compressed to shining
perfection
*Publishers Weekly, Starred Review*
Generous, funny and dark, The Stone Collection doesn’t pull its
emotional punches but it leavens its grim truths with bright humour
and earthy lust. Akiwenzie-Damm’s writing shape-shifts and
mesmerizes in short stories that tell us no matter how hard the
journey, love can heal us all.
*Eden Robinson, Author, Monkey Beach*
The Stone Collection is a stunning house of story moving intimately
through the harshness and graceful moments of Indigenous lives with
humility and beauty. You will come out the other side of this book
with a fuller heart.
*Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Author, Islands of Decolonial Love*
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