Salvage: Readings from the Wreck
Taking a fresh look at colonialism in literary canon, Dionne Brand's exacting knife is unflinching and fascinating, opening up long-studied works of fiction like never before.
One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2024. Winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Finalist for the 2025 Zora Awards.
Dionne Brand explores English and American literature, and the colonial aesthetic that shaped her sense of self and the world, of what was possible and what was not.
In Salvage: Readings from the Wreck, Dionne Brand’s first major book of nonfiction since her classic A Map to the Door of No Return, the acclaimed poet and novelist offers a brac...


