Monkey Beach Iñupiaq and plants

and plants

This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U

" —Elizabeth Fenn

as well as contemporary writing in several of California's Native languages

Billy-Ray Belcourt’s voice is uniquely plangent and self-aware

Monkey Beach Iñupiaq and plantsTragedy strikes a Native community when the Hill family's handsome seventeen year old son, Jimmy, mysteriously vanishes at sea. Left behind to cope during the search and rescue effort is his sister, Lisamarie, a wayward teenager with a dark secret. She sets off alone in search of Jimmy through the Douglas Channel and heads for Monkey Beach a shore famed for its sasquatch sightings. Infused by turns with darkness and humour, Monkey Beach is a