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Hold Steady My Vision

Writer

Emily Laurent Henderson

Date

2024

Publisher

Publication Studio Guelph (PS Guelph)

Format

Literary

ISBN

978-1-989157-18-3

Size

5.3 × 7.1 Inches

Length

39 pp

Genre

Indigenous Art & Artists, Literary, Poetry

Description

Hold Steady My Vision, Emily Laurent Henderson’s first poetry collection, is full of softness, intimacy, and movement across thresholds. Her poems treat changes—in bodies, in relations between inner and outer worlds, in connection to people and place, and in shifting states of being.

ᐊᐅᓚᙱᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᒐᕆᔭᒃᑲ (Hold Steady My Vision), ᐄᒪᓕ ᓗᐊᕋᑦ ᕼᐊᓐᑐᓴᐅᑉ (Emily Laurent Henderon’s) ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᕆᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐱᓯᑦᓴᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᑕᑕᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᕿᑦᑑᓂᕐᒥ, ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᑭᓪᓕᕆᒍᓐᓇᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᐱᓯᑦᓴᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ – ᑎᒥᑎᒍᑦ, ᐱᐅᓯᖃᕐᕕᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓗᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᓚᑎᒥᓃᑦᑐᓂᓪᓗ, ᑲᓲᑎᓯᒪᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓄᓪᓗ, ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓗᓪᓗ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖓ.

Currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Emily Laurent Henderson is a Kalaaleq (Greenlandic Inuk) and Settler writer, speaker, community organizer and consultant. A 2020 University of British Columbia graduate in Anthropology, Emily’s work and writing centres Inuit and Indigenous self-determination in the arts. She has appeared in titles such as the Inuit Art Quarterly, Azure, Studio Magazine, and more.

Growing up surrounded by the Inuit art world, Emily is a former staff writer for the Inuit Art Quarterly, and the co-editor behind the first issue of the Quarterly that featured all-Inuit contributors (IAQ 32.5). Currently, she works as the Associate Curator of Indigenous Art at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and sits on advisories for SAW Gallery in Ottawa and the Toronto Arts Council.

ᒫᓐᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑑᖅ ᑐᕌᓐᑐ, ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᔫᒥ, ᐄᒪᓕ ᓗᐊᕋᓐ ᕼᐊᓐᑐᓴᓐ (Emily Laurent Henderson) ᑲᓛᖡᑦ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ ᐱᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖃᖅᓱᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ, ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᖃᑦᑕᓲᖅ, ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦᓴᓂᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᑦᓱᐃᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᑕᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂᓪᓗ. 2020ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕇᕈᑎᑖᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᓴᕐᕕᕐᔪᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᕗᕆᑎᔅ ᑲᓚᒻᐱᐊ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ, ᐄᒪᓕᐅᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᕙᑦᑕᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᕆᕙᑦᑕᖏᓪᓗ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅᓱᕈᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᖃᑦᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᓴᖅᑭᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᐃᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᐃᕋᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᐃᑎᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ (Inuit Art Quarterly), ᐊᔫᕐ (Azure), ᓯᑑᑎᕉ ᓴᓇᕕᖓ (Studio Magazine), ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ.

ᐱᕈᖅᓴᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᕙᓗᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐄᒪᓕ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᐃᕋᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᐃᑎᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ (Inuit Art Quarterly), ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᒋᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᕐᒥ ᓄᐃᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᓂ (IAQ 32.5). ᒫᓐᓇᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᕐᓂᑦ ᓄᐃᑕᑎᑦᓯᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐅᖅᓴᑎᑕᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒥᒃᒪᐃᑯᓪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᖅᑎᐅᖃᑕᐅᒋᓪᓗᓂ ᓵ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᑕ (SAW Gallery) ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᕌᓐᑐᒥ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

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