Stella is getting ready for her next big step
unable to sleep as a fit of memories intruded into her thoughts
it will mean not just the loss of everything they’ve dreamed for themselves but yet another thwarted attempt to take back what colonialism has stolen
What if the witch gave Merida a different spell
Now she takes on issues of climate justice
The Seventh Town of Ghosts Reference Stella is getting ready forCBC Poetry Prize finalist and National Magazine Award honoree Faith Arkorfuls breathtaking, surpassingly thoughtful debut collection of poems. Hauntings form the canopy of The Seventh Town of Ghosts. These titular towns, centred in yesterdays, tomorrows, and the ongoing, lead to a special kind of singing: songs to the reader who wrestles with existence, the unsure peace within family, and the often tense interdependence of life. Here, discernment is