Goose

Poems that retrace unconscious lines of thought and flight to write a new history of the tar sandsTracing words the way a tracker moves across land,Goose collects hand-copied details from Northland Trails, abook of self-illustrated short stories, poems, and essays about theAthabasca region authored by “father of the tar sands” S. C. Ells. At turns cheeky, sharp-witted, and grave, Melanie Dennis Unrau’spoems explore extraction and the relationship between humans, non-humans, and the land, resulting in an act of irreverent, deconstructiveliterary criticism.

Poems that retrace unconscious lines of thought and flight to write a new history of the tar sands

Tracing words the way a tracker moves across land, Goose collects hand-copied details from Northland Trails, a book of self-illustrated short stories, poems, and essays about the Athabasca region authored by “father of the tar sands” S. C. Ells. At turns cheeky, sharp-witted, and grave, Melanie Dennis Unrau’s poems explore extraction and the relationship between humans, non-humans, and the land, resulting in an act of irreverent, deconstructive literary criticism.

• | Author: Melanie Dennis Unrau
• | Publisher: Assembly Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 20, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781998336210
• | ISBN-10: 1998336212