The Day-Breakers
Marilyn Stanley
, Karen Nordrum
, Deana Bueley
, Jude Castillo
, Barry Kazimer
, Simran Bassi
, Andrea Gillespie
, Deb Philippon
, Linda Leitch
, Stefanie Torres
, Holly Elisabeth
, Elaine Baptie
, Chris Carvalho
, Noelle Walsh
, Mary-Esther Lee
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, Chelsey Boley
, Anndee Newson
, Sarah Schwartz
, Melissa Kohlman
, Hoda Montazeri
, Joshua Lewis
, P. Thompson
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Marissa Yip-Young
, LJ Law
, Jane Graham
, Kim Cappellina
, Cynthia Heinrichs
, Michelle Power
, Brenda Power
, Elizabeth Blondin
, Frances Boyle
, Aingeal Stone
, Bob Paterson-watt
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Megan Brodie
, Lucy Cappiello
, Melissa Poremba
, Patricia Johnson
, John Bell
, Karen Kendrick
, Christine Lion
, Nancy Steinhausen
, Christopher Evans
, Rachel Edmonds
, Heather Belliveau
, Lauren Seal
, Patricia McKeown
, Natasa Ilic
, Lynn Hallson
, Deanna Radford
, Randi Ann Doll
, Robert Hykawy
, Joann Horgan
, Rebecca Forest
, Ellen Clarke
, Chris Lantz
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Ken Gilmour
, Teira Stauth
, maria blanco
, Benita Hartwell
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Alex Henderson
, Pearl Pirie
, Andrea Pole
, Phreia Von Woolfgard
, Stephanie Baird
, Fin Macdonald
, Eli Cherney
, Kevin Smith
, Mary Campbell
, Cassandra Schiemann
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Katie Olivier
, Sonia Adams
, Melanie Solar
, Denise Duvall
, Paula Ritchie
, Vanessa Charbonneau-Dinelle
, Lara Maynard
, Maria Mclean
, Sara Conway
, Janet Meisner
, Janice Cournoyer
, Debra Chandler
, Nadia Cescato
editor@49thShelf.com
Saturated with locutions lifted from the late 19th century, The Day-Breakers deeply conceives of what African Canadian soldiers experienced before, during, and in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War. "It is not wise to waste the life / Against a stubborn will. / Yet would we die as some have done. / Beating a way for the rising sun wrote Arna Bontemps. In The Day-Breakers, poet Michael Fraser imagines the selflessness of Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the American Civil War, of whom hundreds were African-Canadian, fighting for the freedom of their brethren and the dawning of a new day. Brilliantly capturing the rhythms of their voices and the era in which they lived and fought, Fraser’s The Day-Breakers is an homage to their sacrifice and an unforgettable act of reclamation: the restoration of a language, and a powerful new perspective on Black history and experience.
