annharte is Anishinabe (Little Saskatchewan First Nation, Manitoba). She is the author of four books of poetry, Indigena Awry (2012), Being On the Moon (1990), Coyote Columbus Café (1994), and Exercises in Lip Pointing (2003). She is an Anishinabe grandmother and writer. She lives on rez.
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ADVICE FOR THE LIT-LORN Why doesn’t anyone in North America say barmy for balmy? According to my research, Barmy came first and still enjoys a jolly life. But most North American dictionaries don’t even mention the earlier Scots barmy. —Simon McGavin, Cyberspace |