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Title: An autobiography of the autobiography of reading / Dionne Brand.
Names: Brand, Dionne, 1953– author.
Series: Henry Kreisel lecture series.
Description: Series statement: CLC Kreisel lecture series | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20190217243 | Canadiana (ebook) 20190217251 | ISBN 9781772125085 (softcover) | ISBN 9781772125139 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781772125146 (Kindle) | ISBN 9781772125153 (PDF)
Subjects: LCSH: Brand, Dionne, 1953– —Books and reading. | LCSH: Blacks in literature. | LCSH: Imperialism in literature. | LCSH: Colonies in literature. | LCSH: Racism in literature. | LCSH: Authorship.
Classification: LCC PS8553.R275 Z46 2020 | DDC C811/.54—dc23
First edition, first printing, 2020.
First electronic edition, 2020.
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Copyediting and proofreading by Joanne Muzak.
Cover deisgn by Alan Brownoff.
Cover image: Howardena Pindell, Memory: Future (detail), 1980–1981, Mixed media on canvas, 210.8 × 295.9 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum purchase with funds donated by Barbara L. and Theodore B. Alfond through the Acorn Foundation in honor of Ann and Graham Gund. Director, Matthew D. Teitelbaum, 2015.2836. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York. Used by permission.
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The Canadian Literature Centre acknowledges the support of Dr. Eric Schloss and the Faculty of Arts for the CLC Kreisel Lecture delivered by Dionne Brand in April 2019 at the University of Alberta.
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