The Idea of an Entire Life by Billy-Ray Belcourt PRE-ORDER Halloween with bee-keeping

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— Suzannah Evans

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The Idea of an Entire Life by Billy-Ray Belcourt PRE-ORDER Halloween with bee-keepingPublished 9th September 2025. Available for pre order. When I wrote my first book of poetry, I wrote from a place of desperation. I wanted very desperately to live a full queer Indigenous life and I wasn't sure if I would attain it. The Idea of an Entire Life began with the realization that I have that life now and so I wanted to think through the ways a queer Indigenous life is hampered by history but nonetheless full of possibility. What will the