{"product_id":"dawaa-the-space-between","title":"Dawaa: The Space Between","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Tareyn Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Duo (University of Ottawa Press) (2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDawaa: The Space Between\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e celebrates in poetry the tensions and beauty between the two ancestral languages of the author: Ojibwe and English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a First Nations woman, Tareyn Johnson grew up without knowing the language of her ancestors. Her grandparents attended residential school, and neither they, nor her mother carried the language. Left with a deep longing desire to embrace Anishnaabemowin (Ojibwe) language, she began her learning journey as an adult.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs her understanding grew, words began to form visually in her mind. As a result, twenty-six poems—two for each of the Thirteen Moons—grouped seasonally, beautifully juxtapose Ojibwe and English to express Johnson’s feeling of existing between two languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection of poems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003enot intended as a didactic or language teaching tool—examines the unique experience of walking between two worlds, speaking and learning two languages, and relating the two ways of knowing in a liminal space… the space between.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003enanda-gikendan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—seek to know it, seek to learn it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174894825571,"sku":"9780776645193","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/dawaa.jpg?v=1778615349","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/dawaa-the-space-between","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}