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2020 memoir by Billy-Ray Belcourt
A History of My Brief Body
AuthorBilly-Ray Belcourt
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography, Essay
PublisherPenguin Canada
Publication dateMay 14, 2020
Publication placeCanadian
Media typePrint

A History of My Brief Body is an autobiographical series of essays by Billy-Ray Belcourt, published July 14, 2020, by Penguin Canada.

Reception

A History of My Brief Body received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, and Quill & Quire, as well as positive reviews from Rabble.ca, Full Stop, Cloud Literary, The Washington Post, The Rumpus, Booklist, and The Nerd Daily.

Kirkus Reviews, CBC, The Globe and Mail, and Largehearted Boy named the book one of the best of the year, and Book Riot and The Globe and Mail included it on other reading lists.

The book also received the following accolades:

References

  1. "A History of My Brief Body". Kirkus Reviews. April 12, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  2. Janmohamed, Sheniz (2020-09-24). "A History of My Brief Body". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  3. Laroque, Sheila (September 9, 2020). "'A History of My Brief Body': Queer love and life on the Prairies". Rabble. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  4. Pernicano, Kara Laurene (December 22, 2020). "A History of My Brief Body – Billy-Ray Belcourt". Full Stop. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  5. Thompson, Meredith Grace (July 18, 2021). "Book Review: A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt". Cloud Lake Literary. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  6. Millares Young, Kristen (July 16, 2020). "In 'A History of My Brief Body,' Billy-Ray Belcourt triumphs over oppression through lyric essays". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  7. Lee, Cody (2020-08-12). "A Poetic Smorgasbord: A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt". The Rumpus. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  8. Sexton, Kathy (August 14, 2020). A History of My Brief Body. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-14 – via Booklist.
  9. Mowbray, Beth (2020-08-02). "Review: A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt". The Nerd Daily. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  10. "Best Memoirs of 2020". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  11. "The best Canadian nonfiction of 2020". CBC Books. December 18, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  12. "A History of My Brief Body". BookShop. Archived from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  13. Hussey, Rebecca (2021-08-24). "12 Great Indigenous Memoirs". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  14. Rosenberg, Rachel (2021-07-20). "9 LGBTQ+ Memoirs to Read This Summer". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  15. Kero, River H. (2021-02-02). "15 of the Most Popular 2020 Indigenous Books". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  16. Toyne, Becky (2020-06-26). "Summer books preview: 34 of the season's hottest reads". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  17. "Previous Winners". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  18. Takeuchi, Craig (2021-09-27). "The New Corporation among 2021 B.C. and Yukon Book Prize winners from Vancouver". The Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  19. ^ Takeuchi, Craig (2021-04-08). "B.C. and Yukon Book Prize shortlists announced for 2021". The Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on 2021-04-08. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  20. "Francesca Ekwuyasi, Billy-Ray Belcourt & Anne Carson among 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards finalists". CBC Books. May 4, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-10-14.

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