So This Is The World And Here I Am In It is a stunning collection of creative essays by poet and critic Di Brandt. Written over a period of ten years, these essays circle around questions of exile and violence, eros and wildness, land and mentoring, home and language. They are experimental engagements with a lively array of personal and cultural memories, of places ranging from Winnipeg and Windsor to Berlin, Germany, of joyfully unruly characters in Canadian fiction, of the esoteric lives of Mennonites, honeybees, and twins.
"Brandt celebrates peasant ways with passion and eloquence.… Anyone interested in Anabaptist history, Mennonite identity, or ethnicity will find Brandt's work moving at times, at others wildly strange."
"Throughout the book, Brandt's writing does much for the reader as they are swept up by her words.… Readers will encounter richness and strength, precise criticism and humor in Brandt's compelling creative prose."