Reviews for Without reservation

The average rating for Without reservation based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-02-22 00:00:00 William Gibson Yes I know this review is a little late… but better late than never :) "The night was dark… and so was he", Drew Hayden Taylor joked to Lee Maracle and Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm some years ago in a Toronto bar. And so began Damm thinking about sex, apparently quite a lot. So much so it drove her to cross countries and oceans to pull together proof that erotica is alive and well in Indigenous communities in Canada, the USA, Aotearoa and Australia (and no doubt elsewhere too!!). Without Reservation is a collection of prose and poetry by some of the world's top writers including Sherman Alexie and Joy Harjo (US), Maria Campbell (Canada), Hone Tuwhare, Patricia Grace and Witi Ihimeara (NZ) and Haunani-Kay Trask (Hawaii), who write richly and at times rawly about love, lust, longing, feelings, desire, passion, ecstasy, intimacy and 'self-love'. Full review here:

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-22 00:00:00 Martin Gonzalez Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm does a great job of compiling of poetry and prose of an otherwise very difficult to find subject. fantastic inclusions from Scofield, Hobson, Arnott, Nadjiwon, and Ruffo of both erotic and romantic verse. my only hang up was that it was organized with no discernible order? for example, four of scofield's poems are featured, but grouped in two, many pages apart... perhaps i missed the reasoning. i am very grateful to have been lent this collection though! it was an enjoyable read.