Dionne Brand

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Dionne Brand (born January 7, 1953) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer who focuses on issues relating to black women.

1 Biography
2 Bibliography
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Born in Guayguayare, Trinidad and Tobago, in 1970 Brand emigrated to Canada. She studied at University of Toronto, where she earned a B.A. in English and Philosophy, an M.A. in the Philosophy of Education, and worked on a Ph.D. in Women's History. Currently she teaches at University of Guelph.^[1]

In addition to her writing, Brand has directed four documentary films for the National Film Board of Canada, including: Listening for Something: Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation.

She has been an active fighter for the rights of marginalized communities, especially black people and women. Brand is also a lesbian and frequently explores themes of gender, race, and sexuality in her writing.

In 2006, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. ^[2]

Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Di Brandt.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Poetry

Fore Day Morning - 1978
Earth Magic - 1979
Primitive Offensive - 1982
Winter Epigrams - 1983
Chronicles of the Hostile Sun - 1984
No Language is Neutral - 1990 (nominated for the 1990 Governor General's Award for poetry)
Land to Light On - 1997 (winner of the 1997 Governor General's Award for poetry)
thirsty - 2002 (shortlisted for the 2003 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize)
Inventory - 2005 (nominated for the 2006 Governor General's Award for poetry)

[edit] Novels

In Another Place, Not Here - 1996
At the Full and Change of the Moon - 1999
What We All Long For - 2004 (winner of the 2006 City of Toronto Book Award)

[edit] Short Stories

Sans Souci and Other Stories - 1988
Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots: Speaking of Racism - 1986

[edit] Non-Fiction

Rivers have sources, trees have roots: speaking of racism - 1986
No Burden to Carry: Narratives of Black Working Women in Ontario, 1920s-1950s - 1991
Imagination, Representation, and Culture - 1994
Bread Out of Stone - 1994 (revised 1998)
A Map to the Door of No Return: Notes to Belonging - 2001