So This Is the World and Here I Am in It

So This Is The World & Here I Am In It is a stunning collection of creative essays by poet and critic Di Brandt#46;Written over a period of ten years#44; these essays circle around questions of exile and violence#44; eros and wildness#44; land and mentoring#44; home and language#46; They are experimental engagements with a lively array of personal and cultural memories#44; of places ranging from Winnipeg and Windsor to Berlin#44; Germany#44; of joyfully unruly characters in Canadian fiction#44; of the esoteric lives of Mennonites#44; honeybees#44; and twins#46;