One of the first aboriginal writers to have her work published in the 1970s, Maracle has since become one of…
the most prolific Native-American authors. In this collection of poetry, she offers verse written over the last 20 years, ranging the full spectrum of emotions. Some descriptions of sex. 2000.
Hope Matters, written by multiple award-winner Lee Maracle, in collaboration with her daughters Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter, focuses on…
the journey of Indigenous people from colonial beginnings to reconciliation.Maracle states that the book, "is also about the journey of myself and my two daughters." During their youth, Bobb and Carter wrote poetry with their mother, and eventually they all decided that one day they would write a book together. This book is the result of that dream.Written collaboratively by all three women, the poems in Hope Matters blend their voices together into a shared song of hope and reconciliation.