Elements by Jamesie Fournier, translated by Jaypeetee Arnakak

In this complex, at times dark, poetry collection from Inuk author Jamesie Fournier, readers are taken through the recesses of a character struggling with inner demons whispering into his mind.As he attempts to overcome his inner turmoil within a Colonial and contemporary system that oppresses him, the speaker guides readers through verse both ethereal and imagistic. Echoing artists as varied as Margaret Laurence and The Velvet Underground, this sweeping collection of bilingual verse deals with erasure, resilience, andabove allresistance through the voice of one complex protagonist. (From Inhabit Media)

Jamesie Fournier is an Inuk writer who has been published in Inuit Art Quarterly and Coming Home: Stories from the Northwest Territories, an anthology. He has also written the novel The Other Ones. He currently lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Jaypeetee Arnakak is a translator and former policy analyst with a focus on Inuit culture. He has adapted several picture books including The Woman and Her Bear Club and The Story of the Loon and the Rave