Islands of Decolonial Love: Songs & Stories is a first collection of literary prose and poetry by Leanne Simpson. Leanne Simpson is a researcher, writer, and educator of Mississauga and Scottish ancestry. She is a member of the gidigaa bzhiw dodem and a citizen of the Nishnaabeg nation. Leanne holds a PhD from the University of Manitoba and is the past director of Indigenous Environmental Studies at Trent University. Leanne teamed up with musicians and artists to record some of her writing as spoken word/musical performances, including Tara Williamson, Nick Ferrio, Sarah DeCarlo, Melody McKiver, Sean Conway, Cris Derksen, A Tribe Called Red, James McKenty (sound engineer at The Narrows recording studio), Harris Newman of Greymarket Mastering, Bonnie Devine, Aaron Mason, and the Aboriginal Arts Program at the OAC. See the companion website: http://arpbooks.org/islands/
