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Poetry Reading: Homecoming by Melinda Burns

Join us at the Main Library for a poetry reading by Melinda Burns of her new book "Homecoming". Please register. For adults.

About the book:

The poems in "Homecoming" are grouped according to the directions of the Medicine Wheel: East for Beginnings, South for Innocence, West for Going Within, North for Elder/Wisdom and the Centre for the Creator and the Great Mystery. Each section reflects both the universal human journey of growth and learning and the author’s personal experiences—spanning childhood, marriage, divorce, parenthood and her parents’ aging. The poems also explore her journey to reclaim and celebrate her Native heritage.

You can request a copy of "Homecoming" through the Library catalogue.

About Melinda:

Melinda Burns is a status member of the Lower Mohawk First Nation. She is the daughter of a Mohawk mother and an English father. Her short stories have placed first in the 2001 Toronto Star Short Story contest and in the 2006 Elora Writers’ Festival contest. Her essay, Legacy, was a finalist in the 2023 Prism International Creative Non-fiction contest. Her stories, essays and poems have appeared in the New Quarterly, Grain, the Fiddlehead, Canadian Notes and Queries, Native Skin and One Art. Melinda lives in Guelph, Ontario. She writes to try to understand this life without destroying the mystery; to excavate, untangle, set free.

By participating in this program, you acknowledge and accept the Guelph Public Library's Code of Conduct.

If you have any questions, please contact Library Staff Stacey Crawford at scrawford@guelphpl.ca.

Alternative formats are available as per the Accessibility per Ontarians Act by contacting Library Communications at 519-824-6220.

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