A History of My Brief Body - Billy-Ray Belcourt Audiobook

Written by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Read by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Winner of the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize

Finalist for the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes

Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography

National best seller

A slim but electrifying debut memoir about the preciousness and precariousness of queer Indigenous life.

Opening with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life on the Driftpile First Nation, Billy-Ray Belcourt delivers a searing account of Indigenous life that’s part love letter, part rallying cry.

With the lyricism and emotional power of his award-winning poetry, Belcourt cracks apart his history and shares it with us one fragment at a time. He shines a light on Canada’s legacy of colonial violence and the joy that flourishes in spite of it. He revisits sexual encounters, ruminates on first loves and first loves lost, and navigates the racial politics of gay hookup apps. Among the hard truths he distills, the outline of a brighter future takes shape.

Bringing in influences from James Baldwin to Ocean Vuong, this book is a testament to the power of language—to devastate us, to console us, to help us grieve, to help us survive. Destined to be dog-eared, underlined, treasured, and studied for years to come, A History of My Brief Body is a stunning achievement from one of this generation’s finest young minds.

©2020 Billy-Ray Belcourt (P)2020 Penguin Random House Canada

Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
Release date: 08-25-20