Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being

From Book*Hug Press:

Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being is the debut collection of nonfiction essays by Amy Fung. In it, Fung takes a closer examination at Canada's mythologies of multiculturalism, settler colonialism, and identity through the lens of a national art critic.

Following the tangents of a foreign-born perspective and the complexities and complicities in participating in ongoing acts of colonial violence, the book as a whole takes the form of a very long land acknowledgement. Taken individually, each essay roots itself in the learning and unlearning process of a first generation settler immigrant as she unfurls each region's sense of place and identity

Author
Amy Fung

Publishers
Book*Hug Press, Toronto
Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver

Publication Date
2019

Size
8 x 5.25 inches
192 pages

Binding
Paperback

ISBN
9781771665056