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By the Guest Editor: Leah Jing McIntosh on the Liminal Review of Books

Leah Jing McIntosh, Liminal Review of Books, November 2021

This edition of The Circular was curated by Leah Jing McIntosh. In 2021, she launched the Liminal Review of Books, a new series of literary criticism by First Nations writers and writers of colour. To close, we’d like to share her introduction to the series.

Glissant wasn’t fucking around when he proposed one’s right to opacity. Staying with the trouble is one thing, but sometimes I’d just like my heart to stop beating so hard.

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