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03-04-2025
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Procession by katherena vermette
Procession: a line of people moving in the same direction; a formal ceremony or celebration, as in a wedding, a funeral, a religious parade. Bestseller and Governor General's Awardwinner Katherena Vermette's third collection presents a series of poems reaching into what it means to be at once a descendant and a future ancestor, exploring the connections we have with one another and ourselves, amongst friends, and within families and Nations. In frank, heartfelt poems that move through body sovereignty and ancestral dreams, and from '80s childhood nostalgia to welcoming one's own babies, Vermette unreels the story of a child, a parent, and soon, an elder, living in a prairie place that has always existed, though looks much different to her now. This book is about being one small part of a large genealogy. A lineage is a line, and the procession, whether in celebration or in mourning, is ongoing. Procession delves into what it means to make poems and to be an artist, to be born into a body, to carry it all, and, if you're very lucky, age. (From House of Anansi Press) katherena vermette is a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Winnipeg. Her books include the novels real ones, The Break, The Strangers and The Circle, poetry collections North End Love Songs and river woman and the four-book graphic novel series A Girl Called Echo. North End Love Songs won the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. The Break was a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction. It was defended by Candy Palmater on Canada Reads 2017. The Strangers won the 2021 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was longlisted for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize. real ones was also longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize. She is also a senior editor at Simon & Schuster Canada.
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03-04-2025
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katherena vermette has a new poetry collection out in fall 2025 — read an excerpt now
katherena vermette is back with her third poetry collection, Procession. In this book, she explores what it means to be at once a descendent and a future ancestor. Procession is a grouping of frank and heartfelt poems that examines ancestral dreams, 1980s nostalgia, prairie life and how it changes as a child, parent and future elder. "For me, poetry is intensely personal," said vermette in an email ot CBC Books. "It moves slow, and lives in and among all the other things." "These poems are inspired by many things, or maybe everything that's happened since the last book, which was published in 2018 — lifetimes ago! Since then, I've said hello to new humans and goodbye to others. This is very much about the in-between." If you're interested in poetry, the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize is currently accepting submissions. You can submit an original, unpublished poem or collection of poems from April 1-June 1. vermette is a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Winnipeg. Her books include the novels real ones, The Break, The Strangers and The Circle, poetry collections North End Love Songs and river woman and the four-book graphic novel series A Girl Called Echo. grimoire before you were this you were the dream of a hundred martyrs you were a wish the sort that lingers under young girl whispers into young girl ears a spark in a loving eye prayer floating in wind you were as light as the seeds sprinkled about this wide red earth now you are a ridge brief plateau on the mountain of revolution one the ancestors looked up to and said one day your birth has taken centuries a labour that nearly killed them all you are now and you have so much magick in you stories that have waited lifetimes to be told Excerpted from Procession by Katherena Vermette ©2025 Katherena Vermette. Published by House of Anansi Press.
