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An Anthology of Monsters
How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety
CLC Kreisel Lecture Series
By Cherie Dimaline
An Anthology of Monsters by Cherie Dimaline, award-winning author of The Marrow Thieves, is the tale of an intricate dance with life-long anxiety. It is about how the stories we tell ourselves can help reshape the ways in which we think, cope, and ultimately survive. Using examples from her books, from her mère, and from her own late night worry sessions, Dimaline choreographs a deeply personal narrative about all the ways in which we tell stories. She reveals how to collect and curate our stories, how they elicit difficult and beautiful conversations, and how family and community is a place of refuge and strength.
Book details
Publication date: February 2023Series: CLC Kreisel Lecture Series
Keywords: Stories; Anxiety; Panic; Rougarou; Family; Community; Métis; Witches; Insomnia; Coping; Worries; Grandparents; Empower; Belonging; Responsibility; Mental Health; Awards; Lee Maracle; RuPaul
Subject(s): BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Literary Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Essays, Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Author(s), Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Literature, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health, Literary essays, Coping with anxiety and phobias, Biography: writers, Relating to indigenous peoples, Bestseller, Essays, Literary Nonfiction, Canadian Literature, Indigenous Authors, Health and Medicine, Indigenous Literature / Canadian Literature / Mental Health, Stories; Anxiety; Panic; Rougarou; Family; Community; Métis; Witches; Insomnia; Coping; Worries; Grandparents; Empower; Belonging; Responsibility; Mental Health; Awards; Lee Maracle; RuPaul
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press, Canadian Literature Centre / Centre de littérature canadienne
Book details
Publication date: February 2023Series: CLC Kreisel Lecture Series
Keywords: Stories; Anxiety; Panic; Rougarou; Family; Community; Métis; Witches; Insomnia; Coping; Worries; Grandparents; Empower; Belonging; Responsibility; Mental Health; Awards; Lee Maracle; RuPaul
Subject(s): BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Literary Nonfiction, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Essays, Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Author(s), Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Literature, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health, Literary essays, Coping with anxiety and phobias, Biography: writers, Relating to indigenous peoples, Bestseller, Essays, Literary Nonfiction, Canadian Literature, Indigenous Authors, Health and Medicine, Indigenous Literature / Canadian Literature / Mental Health, Stories; Anxiety; Panic; Rougarou; Family; Community; Métis; Witches; Insomnia; Coping; Worries; Grandparents; Empower; Belonging; Responsibility; Mental Health; Awards; Lee Maracle; RuPaul
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press, Canadian Literature Centre / Centre de littérature canadienne
Cherie Dimaline. Cherie Dimaline is the award-winning author of Hunting by Stars, Empire of Wild, and the international bestseller The Marrow Thieves, winner of the Governor General’s Award and the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Young Readers. She is from the Georgian Bay Métis Community and lives in Midland, Ontario.
#7 on Edmonton Non-fiction Bestsellers list, March 26, 2023
#6 on Edmonton Non-fiction Bestsellers list, April 30, 2023
"Dimaline depicts anxiety and regret as a pushy house guest with a photographic memory.... Many recollections are funny and not at all hurtful.... Other recollections bring a stab of pain... Dimaline finds safety in family and words." Holly Doan, Blacklock's Reporter, June 17, 2023 [Full article at https://www.blacklocks.ca/review-thanks-for-the-memories]
Horror Stories
In the Beginning
Looking for Solace
Night Terrors
Manifesting Good and the Good Days as Bad Omens
Healing Stories
Mapping and Kinship
Medicine
Laughter and Survival
Warnings
Rougarou
How to Stand Up
Lee Maracle and the Way to Stand
The Double-Edged Sword of Being a Writer
Living Through Writing
Creating Optimism
Keeping an Anthology (Of Both, But in Order]
How to Avoid the Edit Reel
How to Curate the Anthology
The Celebration of You
RuPaul’s Present
How We Begin
Cherie Dimaline. Cherie Dimaline is the award-winning author of Hunting by Stars, Empire of Wild, and the international bestseller The Marrow Thieves, winner of the Governor General’s Award and the prestigious Kirkus Prize for Young Readers. She is from the Georgian Bay Métis Community and lives in Midland, Ontario.
#7 on Edmonton Non-fiction Bestsellers list, March 26, 2023
#6 on Edmonton Non-fiction Bestsellers list, April 30, 2023
"Dimaline depicts anxiety and regret as a pushy house guest with a photographic memory.... Many recollections are funny and not at all hurtful.... Other recollections bring a stab of pain... Dimaline finds safety in family and words." Holly Doan, Blacklock's Reporter, June 17, 2023 [Full article at https://www.blacklocks.ca/review-thanks-for-the-memories]
Horror Stories
In the Beginning
Looking for Solace
Night Terrors
Manifesting Good and the Good Days as Bad Omens
Healing Stories
Mapping and Kinship
Medicine
Laughter and Survival
Warnings
Rougarou
How to Stand Up
Lee Maracle and the Way to Stand
The Double-Edged Sword of Being a Writer
Living Through Writing
Creating Optimism
Keeping an Anthology (Of Both, But in Order]
How to Avoid the Edit Reel
How to Curate the Anthology
The Celebration of You
RuPaul’s Present
How We Begin
