I Am a Body of Land By Shannon Webb-Campbell (Grades 10+)

Shannon Webb-Campbell is a Canadian writer, poet, and editor, descended from the Miꞌkmaq people of the Qalipu First Nation in Newfoundland. In I Am a Body of Land, she explores poetic responsibility and accountability, using poetry to reimagine and rethink the world. These poems focus on decolonizing, healing, and unlearning harm. Webb-Campbell’s confessional writing questions her settler-Indigenous identity, her sense of belonging, and her desire to connect with community through love and understanding.