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Evacuations
Paperback
Series: Robert Kroetsch
ISBN13: 9781772128536
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: Apr 17 2026
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.92 Depth: 8.83
Language: English
With Evacuations, Kevin Irie weaves a poetic documentary for readers, capturing the personal and political histories of the Japanese-Canadian internment in British Columbia during World War II. The resulting poems oscillate between the lyric mode and techniques of erasure poetry to highlight the dehumanizing nature of public decrees and government notices. Irie deconstructs the Canadian state's racist policies, creating a record of painful memories replete with archival resonances. The collection offers a rich tapestry of historical voices, revealing the devastating effects of the internment and preserving the stories of a generation gradually slipping into silence.
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