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03547aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 2A4C4BFE2E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190212010150 008 170305t20172017bcca b 000 p eng d 010 $a 2017479617 020 $a 1772011819 020 $a 9781772011814 035 $a (OCoLC)974677583 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d TOH $d POETS $d VP@ $d EYM $d OCLCF $d UAB $d DLC $d DCK $d OCLCO $d OCL $d NLC $d G8V $d SILO 043 $a n-cn--- 050 4 $a PR9199.4.E534 $b A6 2017 055 0 $a PS8609 N43 $b P75 2017 082 04 $a C811/.6 $2 23 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 084 $a coll13 $2 lacc 100 1 $a Eng, Mercedes, $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Prison industrial complex explodes : $b a poem / $c Mercedes Eng. 264 1 $a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : $b Talonbooks, $c [2017] 300 $a 103 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-103). 520 $a "Combining text from government questionnaires and reports, lyric poetry, and photography, Prison Industrial Complex Explodes examines the possibility of a privatized prison system in Canada leading up to then Prime Minister Harper's Conservative government passing the Anti-Terrorism Act, also known as Bill C-51. This legislation criminalizes Indigenous peoples' attempts to protect their traditional and unceded territories from ecological destruction by classifying their actions as acts of terrorism. At the same time, it criminalizes refugees who, as victims of colonization and globalization, attempt to flee genocide and poverty yet are targeted as suspected terrorists. Simultaneously, the incarceration of Indigenous people, refugees, and people of colour is rapidly increasing and corporations eagerly court the government for private-public partnerships to fund the building of new prisons and detention centres. Eng's father was an addict who supported his habit by breaking the law. As a result, she spent her formative years acquiring intimate knowledge of the Canadian prison system through visitation rights. The impetus for Prison Industrial Complex Explodes was the discovery of a cache of her father's prison correspondence: letters from the federal government stating their intention to deport him because of his criminal record; letters from prison justice advocate Michael Jackson advising her father on deportation; letters from the RCMP regarding the theft of her father's property, a gold necklace, while in transport to prison; letters from family members and friends; letters from Eng and her brother. The cold formality of the government letters in accidental juxtaposition with the emotion of the personal letters struck a creative spark that led to the writing of the poems in this collection."-- $c Provided by publisher. 611 24 $a Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (BC Book Prizes) $d (2018) $x Winner. 650 0 $a Canadian poetry $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Prisoners $v Correspondence. 650 0 $a Prisoners $z Canada. 650 7 $a Canadian poetry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00845173 650 7 $a Prisoners. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01077103 651 7 $a Canada. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204310 650 5 $a Native peoples $z Canada $v Poetry. 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a Poetry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423828 655 7 $a Records and correspondence. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423917 655 7 $a Poetry. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214015127.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2A4C4BFE2E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search