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associate prof @ubccrwr & writer of six books, most recently THE IDEA OF AN ENTIRE LIFE
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined August 2011
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I got a starred review in @PublishersWkly! Screaming, crying, shaking, etc.
"Belcourt delivers an achingly gorgeous debut novel of Indigenous survival."
publishersweekly.com/978-1-3…
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In 'Coexistence: Stories' by Billy-Ray Belcourt, Across prairies and Canada's west coast, on reservations and university campuses, at literary festivals and existential crossroads, explore stories of Indigenous love, loneliness, and connection.
#BookOfTheDay: on.nypl.org/3U7FSAF
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"I’m trying to write about the psychic life of that repression—what it means to live among haunted buildings and unspoken histories." Petala Ironcloud interviews Billy-Ray Belcourt about his new poetry collection. lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
ALT A headshot of Billy-Ray Belcourt
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It’s autumn already. So many leaves have fallen —I have to go out and kiss each one.
Billy-Ray Belcourt, "Childhood Triptych" from The Idea of an Entire Life
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"My gratitude for them was already enormous. I could detect life stirring inside me, a feeling I knew was precious and rare."
"Idealism and Despair," @BillyRayB's story about queer Cree love and intergenerational connection, is now paywall-free online: maisonneuve.org/article/2024…
ALT Close-up photo of a person in a pink sweater with a tattooed hand holding another person's palm to their heart
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"Freedom," a poem by Bahar Orang, with an original illustration by Lauren Crazybull
hazlitt.net/feature/freedom
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Congratulations to this year’s Indigenous Voices Awards recipients for published work in English and French: Brandi Bird, Alicia Elliott, J.D. Kurtness, Soleil Launière, Georges Pisimopeo, and Alexis Vollant! indigenousvoicesawards.org/h…
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Alicia Elliot (@WordsandGuitar) is the winner of this year’s Amazon Canada First Novel Award. And Then She Fell (@doubledayca) is a compelling novel that explores native life, motherhood, and mental health. Learn more at thewalrus.ca/afna. #AmazonFNA
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And another author visit from earlier this week. Thank you so much to Billy-Ray Belcourt for dropping by Broadway and signing our copies of Coexistence! What a lovely surprise!
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From one of contemporary literature's most boundless minds comes COEXISTENCE - a dazzling and poignant collection of intersecting stories about Indigenous love and loneliness from the acclaimed author of A Minor Chorus, Billy-Ray Belcourt (@BillyRayB). Available now!
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Join us Wednesday, May 29th at 7pm for a conversation between @BillyRayB and @MollyECB in celebration of Belcourt’s new book, Coexistence! Register here: bit.ly/44JIDJI
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“What would it look like to ask readers to be in conversation with, or to bear witness to, all these Cree lives?” New collection by Billy-Ray Belcourt brings northern Alberta characters into his readers’ orbit #Indigenous #FirstNation #storytelling #books windspeaker.com/news/windspe…
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I bothered @BillyRayB until I got a restraining order but also a galley of the book and can say it's remarkable.
starred review in publishers weekly tonight queen? publishersweekly.com/9781324…
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Happy World Poetry Day! A good time to read @BillyRayB's first suite of poems as our poetry editor, with beautiful illustrations from @EliotWhiteHill hazlitt.net/category/poetry
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His new collection of short stories, “Coexistence,” offers an expansive view of intimacy that resists colonial expectations.
Why everyone should read Billy-Ray Belcourt, writes @_jackiewong.
thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/2…
