u003ciu003eA Map to the Door of No Returnu003c/iu003e is a timely book that explores the relevance and nature of identity and belonging in a culturally diverse and rapidly changing world. It is an insightful, sensitive and poetic book of discovery.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Drawing on cartography, travels, narratives of childhood in the Caribbean, journeys across the Canadian landscape, African ancestry, histories, politics, philosophies and literature, Dionne Brand sketches the shifting borders of home and nation, the connection to place in Canada and the world beyond.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e The title, u003ciu003eA Map to the Door of No Returnu003c/iu003e, refers to both a place in imagination and a point in history -- the Middle Passage. The quest for identity and place has profound meaning and resonance in an age of heterogenous identities.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e In this exquisitely written and thought-provoking new work, Dionne Brand creates a map of her own art.
