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HA&L 11th Anniversary Issue Re:Creation Stories   Portfolio • Recent Paintings by Kent Monkman • Image detail: Study for Two Figures Restraining a Third • courtesy of the artist. Off Balance by Jenny Ferguson • Image detail: 30th Street Mural by Philip Cote & Nick Sweetman • Photograph by Nelly Torossian   Introduction • Re:Creation Stories by GUEST EDITOR Johannah Bird Our Fires Are Connected: The Story of a Two Row Wampum Family by Kaitlin Debicki and Wenda Debicki Poetry: Hodrahe:t and How to Gather Rain in the Dark by Sara General Portfolio: artwork by Sara General Off Balance by Jenny Ferguson Poems from the series Whorfianism by Alyssa M. General Poetry: Fear of a Red Planet by John Hill Portfolio: Recent Paintings by Kent Monkman A Ride Like Miss Johnson’s “Wild Cat” by Daniel David Moses Poetry: This Land of Motion and Corinthian Leather: Crimson Vision and Toronto for the Risen: Rust Vision by D.A. Lockhart Portfolio: Photographs by Jeff Thomas WHITE GIRLS by Terri Monture Poetry: Soft Earth and Southwest Elvis by Janet Rogers The Story of the First Thunderbird and the Red-Tailed Hawk by Philip Cote Portfolio: Murals by Philip Cote Poetry: Entwined and Ogyastha? by Deyowidro’t Teri Morrow Walk Home by Taif Zuhair ALSO SEE HA&L RAVE for Book Reviews and MORE! The Short Works Prize for Writing: see who was recognized at SWP 2019! BECOME A MEMBER!  RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP! Help HA&L to continue publishing! “While the [Two Row] treaty reinforces the earth as our shared matter and responsibility, it also says that we need to agree to be different, to not interfere in each other’s ways.” ― Kaitlin Debicki “I shaped my mouth, / And carved out the sounds with teeth and tongue. . . ” ― Alyssa General Guest Editor: Johannah Bird Paul Lisson: Editor Fiona Kinsella: Editor / Designer Associate Editor: Shane Neilson Founding Art Director: Peter Stevens (1963-2015) Contributing Editor: David Forsee (1944-2017) Hamilton Arts & Letters 11TH ANNIVERSARY issue twelve.1   ISSN 1916-8454     HAL on Twitter Poetry: by Sara General • Image detail: The Setting Sun by Sara General A Ride Like Miss Johnson’s “Wild Cat” by Daniel David Moses • Image detail: from the series The Bear Portraits by Jeff Thomas Portfolio: Photographs by Jeff Thomas • Image detail: From the series Where the Rivers Meet, Aboriginal Experiences, George Catlin, 2018 Portfolio: Murals by Philip Cote • Image detail: Man, Woman, Thunderbird. The Humber River Murals, by Philip Cote, Jarus, and Kwest • Photograph by Nelly Torossian HA&L magazine Membership. This Boat / cannot float / without you.                                                                                                               HA&L magazine would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council an Ontario Government Agency, the Centre for Community Engaged Narrative Arts, and the City of Hamilton. Sincere thanks to all of HA&L's members and sponsors – we wouldn't be here without you!