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| Author | Dionne Brand |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | McClelland & Stewart |
Publication date | 2010 |
Ossuaries is a 2010 poetry collection by Canadian writer Dionne Brand, published by McClelland & Stewart while she was serving as Toronto's poet laureate. It won the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize award for a work by a Canadian poet. This was Brand's second book to win this prize, after 2003's thirsty.
Ossuaries is a single book length poem made up of tercets which is divided into 15 parts, which relays the story of Yasmine, an American activist who has been living underground since her participation in a bank heist in the 70s.