The Snow in Us (2nd edition)
About this ebook
well above the Arctic Circle. Rather than an expedition requiring
physical strength and endurance, this was one of artistic exploration.
David lived for several weeks with one of Canada’s First People, the
Inuit, well before their sovereignty was recognised by the federal
government. Immersing himself in their lifestyle, culture and craft,
David responded with sensitivity and admiration through the filter of
poetry. Theirs was a lifestyle under threat from the incursion of
southern culture and technology, but the Inuit today have proven as
resilient as any Indigenous people.
Thirty years and several poetry collections
later, David returns to his first work to celebrate not only the
adventure of exploration and also to reflect on how far the Inuit have
traveled since then.
Enhanced by the drawings of Canadian artists Marilyn Higgins and
Lloyd Bennett, this collection will transport you to a land and people
worth contemplating as a model of endurance and survival.
About the author
David Reiter is an award-winning poet, writer of prose, and transmedia artist. His book, Hemingway in Spain and Selected Poems, was shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards and was made into a film. The Cave After Saltwater Tide
(Penguin) won the Queensland Premier’s Poetry Award. He won the 2012
Western Australian Premier’s Award for his digital narrative My Planets Reunion Memoir and was shortlisted in 2011 for Nullarbor Song Cycle.
A recipient of several grants from the Australia Council and Arts
Queensland, David has been artist-in-residence at places such Bundanon
(the Arthur Boyd property), the Michael King Centre (New Zealand), the
Katharine Susannah Prichard Centre (Perth) and the Banff Centre for the
Arts (Canada).
This second edition of The Snow in Us is a remix of the first edition published by Five Islands Press, marking 25 years since his first title was published in 1989 – a quarter century of accomplishment across several genres.
