This collection is a vital and important volume that shows how poetry and poetic inquiry can be part of relational, ancestral and community repair.

The 23 poets who are featured in this book use their poems to bring attention to the nuances, harm and possibilities of language. They represent a variety of geographies, languages, lands, and cultures. The three sections—language, land, and belonging—sing with personal and community examples focusing on our relationality. Poetic Inquirers interested in the power of language and identities will find the work in this book to be instructive as they work through issues of reparation, indigenous rights, and meanings of community.

Dr. Sandra L. Faulkner

Professor of Media and Communication

Affiliate Faculty Honors College/Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Bowling Green State University