Outside, America Kim La Fave an anthem stripped of patriotic

an anthem stripped of patriotic fervor that truly sings of the past many would rather forget and the current state of Indigenous/settler race relations in Canada

and the words are derived from our history

always courageous work of healing

the ferocity of Kathy Acker and Sylvia Plath

don’t be surprised to find yourself saying “thank you

Outside, America Kim La Fave an anthem stripped of patrioticDescription Outside, America criss crosses the CanadianAmerican border to understand dilemmas that occur across a variety of scales, from global spheres to the most intimate domestic spaces. Sarah de Leeuw digs through grief, loss, aging, technological frustration, environmental degradation, nationalism and confusion to grasp the state of the world. These poems are tethered to everything from climate change and scientific discovery to the death of