{"product_id":"dawaa-tareyn-johnson-9780776645193","title":"Dawaa: The Space Between","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDawaa: The Space Between\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates in poetry the tensions and beauty between the two ancestral languages of the author: Ojibwe and English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a First Nations woman, Tareyn Johnson grew up without knowing the language of her ancestors. Her grandparents attended residential school, and neither they, nor her mother carried the language. Left with a deep longing desire to embrace Anishnaabemowin (Ojibwe) language, she began her learning journey as an adult. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the lists of words grew, they began to form visually in the author's mind. As a result, 26 poems--two for each of the Thirteen Moons--grouped seasonally, beautifully juxtapose Ojibwe and English to express Johnson's feeling of existing as an Anishnaabekwe in the modern world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDawaa\u003c\/i\u003e is not intended as a didactic tool, or as a language teaching tool. This book of poetry examines the unique experience of walking into worlds, speaking and learning two languages, and relating the two ways of knowing in a liminal space... the space between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003enanda-gikendan\u003c\/i\u003e--seek to know it, seek to learn it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tareyn Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0776645196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780776645193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Tareyn Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47612032188671,"sku":"9780776645193","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f616223-c05a-417b-86ef-b8dbcacaeff7.jpg?v=1764517716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dawaa-tareyn-johnson-9780776645193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}