#ReadIndigenous Mini Aodla Freeman and Eden Robinson

2021-07-01T13:21:29-04:00

Mini Aodla Freeman’s Life among the Qallunaat (1978; 2015) is the third book published in the University of Manitoba’s First Voices, First Texts series. It chronicles her experiences as an Inuit woman adjusting to life south of the Arctic in the 1950s, working as a translator for many

#ReadIndigenous Mini Aodla Freeman and Eden Robinson2021-07-01T13:21:29-04:00

#ReadIndigenous Ailton Krenak, Toni Jensen, and Jesse Thistle

2021-07-01T14:33:36-04:00

Indigenous activist and leader, Ailton Krenak (Aimoré/Krenak), has published three of his short essays in Ideas to Postpone the End of the World (Translated from the Portuguese by Anthony Doyle in 2020). With clarity and passion, he illustrates how the indigenous perspective acknowledges and nurtures relationships with parts

#ReadIndigenous Ailton Krenak, Toni Jensen, and Jesse Thistle2021-07-01T14:33:36-04:00

Quarterly Stories: Summer 2021

2021-07-01T12:36:45-04:00

Alexie, Dunning, Piatote and an Anthology Short Stories in April, May and June Whether in a dedicated collection or a magazine, these stories capture a variety of reading moods. This quarter, I returned to a must-read everything author and explored two new-to-me story writers.

Quarterly Stories: Summer 20212021-07-01T12:36:45-04:00

Fiercely Reading Indie: Seven Bookchats, In Brief

2021-05-21T19:05:58-04:00

Earlier this year, Karen and Lizzy hosted ReadIndies and it reminded me how many years had passed since an installment of my Fiercely Reading Indie project (the most extensive was my deep-dive into House of Anansi’s backlist). Maybe I’d slipped into devotedly reading from the Big Five, I wondered.

Fiercely Reading Indie: Seven Bookchats, In Brief2021-05-21T19:05:58-04:00

Spring 2021, In My Reading Log: Family, Food, Feminism, Faith, Fakery and Fantasy

2021-04-05T12:08:13-04:00

Nancy Johnson’s The Kindest Lie (2021) reminds me of Terry McMillan for its focus on Black working women’s lives and Brit Bennett’s The Mothers for its slant towards mothering. The novel looks back, specifically to the election of Barack Obama in 2008: “Their feet felt light and their chests,

Spring 2021, In My Reading Log: Family, Food, Feminism, Faith, Fakery and Fantasy2021-04-05T12:08:13-04:00
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