The Predicament of or

by Mootoo, Shani

• ISBN13: 9781551924168
• ISBN10: 1551924161
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-22
• Publisher: Raincoast Books, Polestar

Table of Contents

The Way You Bounce Off a Pane of Glass
Beach Composition I	11	(1)
Beach Composition II	12	(1)
Beach Composition III	13	(5)
A Talent for Breathing	18	(2)
Glass and Lace Wrought Iron	20	(3)
The Hole in the Hedge	23	(3)
Faith	26	(1)
Ceremonial	27	(1)
Exchanges	28	(4)
Poui's Hero	32	(2)
Hand-Held	34	(2)
Manahambre Road	36	(2)
The Way You Bounce Off a Pane of Glass	38	(5)
Or
Boots	43	(2)
Oysters on the Half Shell, and a Bottle of Red	45	(2)
Wanting Blue	47	(2)
Identity	49	(1)
The Predicament of Or	50	(11)
Cracks and Crevasses	61	(6)
Ending of Episode Three	67	(2)
Eclipse	69	(1)
An Attempt to Make a Promise	70	(2)
Declaration	72	(3)
The Quickened Diluvial Shore
Mouth	75	(1)
Magic Word	76	(1)
Lieveke in Antwerpen	77	(1)
Sometimes I Could	78	(3)
Mantra for Migrants	81	(1)
Language Poem	82	(2)
A Recognition	84	(2)
The Edited	86	(2)
Game of Watch the Migrant Dream, #1	88	(3)
Game of Watch the Migrant Dream, #2	91	(4)
All the Irish I Know	95	(1)
All the Hindi I Know	96	(1)
Bu' A A!	97	(2)
For Naan	99	(3)
Point of Convergence	102	(5)
July Plum
The Unshakeable Man in Aldergrove	107	(3)
Waiting	110