The Outer Harbour - by Wayde Compton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In his debut story collection, poet Wayde Compton explores concepts of place and identity through the lens of speculative fiction.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Wayde Compton's debut story collection is imbued with the color of speculative fiction; one strand of stories follows the emergence of a volcanic island, which alternatively becomes the site of a radical Native peoples' occupation, a real-estate development, and finally a detention center for illegal immigrants. Moving from 2001 through to 2025, <i>The Outer Harbour</i> is at once a history book and a cautionary tale of the future, condensing and confounding our preconceived ideas around race, migration, gentrification, and home.</p><p><b>Wayde Compton</b> is the author of three poetry collections. He is director of the Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>The Outer Harbour</em> is the hybrid lovechild of a poet and prophet. So assured, so eloquent, my thought on the final page was, How did this not exist before? It's a rare thing, a debut from a writer who's already a master craftsman, creating in his prime. --Mat Johnson, author of <em>Pym</em>, <em>Drop</em>, and <em>Hunting in Harlem</em> <p/>Like Swift or the undeservedly little known American satirist Nathaniel West, Compton makes the reader laugh, grieve and wince uncomfortably, all often in the course of a single page ... <em>The Outer Harbour</em> is the work of a remarkable, mature writer at the top of his powers, creating fictions that are not only vastly entertaining but also freighted with important messages from the margins. --<em>Vancouver Sun</em> <p/><br><br><i>The Outer Harbour</i> is the hybrid lovechild of a poet and prophet. So assured, so eloquent, my thought on the final page was, How did this not exist before? It's a rare thing, a debut from a writer who's already a master craftsman, creating in his prime. --Mat Johnson, author of <i>Pym</i>, <i>Drop</i>, and <i>Hunting in Harlem</i> <p/>Like Swift or the undeservedly little known American satirist Nathaniel West, Compton makes the reader laugh, grieve and wince uncomfortably, all often in the course of a single page ... <i>The Outer Harbour</i> is the work of a remarkable, mature writer at the top of his powers, creating fictions that are not only vastly entertaining but also freighted with important messages from the margins. --<i>Vancouver Sun</i> <p/><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Wayde Compton is the author of two books of poetry, <i>49th Parallel Psalm</i> (Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalist) and <i>Performance Bond</i>. He also edited the anthology <i>Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature</i>. His non-fiction book <i>After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing, and Region</i> was shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award. Wayde is the director of the Writer's Studio and the Southbank Writer's Program at Simon Fraser University Continuing Studies.
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