Outside, America Kim La Fave adding to your knowledge about

adding to your knowledge about our country while providing hours of enjoyment

an anthem stripped of patriotic fervor that truly sings of the past many would rather forget and the current state of Indigenous/settler race relations in Canada

Short-listed ReLit Award (Poetry) (2022)

declarative statements piled next to and atop each other like bricks

don’t be surprised to find yourself saying “thank you

Outside, America Kim La Fave adding to your knowledge aboutDescription Outside, America criss crosses the CanadianAmerican border to understand dilemmas that occur across a variety of scales, from global spheres to the most intimate domestic spaces. Sarah de Leeuw digs through grief, loss, aging, technological frustration, environmental degradation, nationalism and confusion to grasp the state of the world. These poems are tethered to everything from climate change and scientific discovery to the death of