Review: Spílexm: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence by Nicola I. Campbell 

This text is an autobiographical account that is part narrative essays and poetry. Beginning in her childhood, Campbell recounts her experience as a child of residential school survivors and a young adult dealing with the deaths of loved ones. Her writing starts when she does, in difficult internal and external struggles, and develops into moments of teaching, reconnection, and resurgence. The poetry is beautiful and poignant. I found the poem at the end of the narrative essay “Learning to Heal” especially moving. 

Spílexm is a beautiful journey and weaving of experience. I recommend taking your time to sit in the various stages and listen to Campbell’s story.