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In his Griffin Poetry Prize nominated poetry collection The East Side of It All, Kwantlen writer Joseph Dandurand writes from the perspective of a drug user and single-room occupant in Vancouver’s Downtown East side. He...

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In his Griffin Poetry Prize nominated poetry collection The East Side of It All, Kwantlen writer Joseph Dandurand writes from the perspective of a drug user and single-room occupant in Vancouver’s Downtown East side. He explores the ongoing process of healing through reconnection with family, the natural world, and traditional Indigenous storytelling. “These are powerful visionary parables of suffering, redemption and retribution...” – Toronto Star

In The Punishment, Joseph Dandurand's storyteller's voice wrangles with trauma, grief, forgiveness and love. Illustrating the poet's solitary existence with scenes of residential school, the psych ward, the streets and the river, he reveals an arduous journey to both understand his life and find ways to escape it.

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