Wordfest 2018: Indigenous Writers To Watch
At our Indigenous Writers Showcase, an audience member asked Joshua Whitehead, Tommy Orange, Katherena Vermette, Waubgeshig Rice, and Ryan McMahon how they can be a better ally to the Indigenous Peoples in Canada. They responded by recommending that we purchase and read works by the following emerging and established Indigenous Artists:
Arielle Twist (Twitter: @ArielleTwist)
Book: Disintegrate/Dissociate
Website: https://arielletwist.com/
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Gwen Benaway (Twitter: @GwenBenaway)
Books: Passage, Holy Wild
Website: https://gwenbenaway.com/
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Alicia Elliott (Twitter: @WordsandGuitar)
Book: A Mind Spread Out On The Ground
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Richard Van Camp (Twitter: @richardvancamp)
Books: Richard Van Camp has published 15 books including, The Lesser Blessed and Moccasin Square Gardens
Website: https://www.richardvancamp.com/
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Rebecca Roanhorse (Twitter: @RoanhorseBex)
Book: Trail Of Lightning
Website: https://rebeccaroanhorse.com/
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David Robertson (Twitter: @DaveAlexRoberts )
Work: “David A. Robertson is a nationally bestselling author of children’s books, graphic novels, and novels.”
Website: http://www.darobertson.ca/
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Tenille K. Campbell (Twitter: @sweetmoonphoto)
Poetry Book: #IndianLovePoems
Website: http://www.tenillecampbell.com/?page_id=1106
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Darlene Naponse (Twitter: @darlenenaponse)
Work: “As a storyteller, Darlene is in search of imaginative images giving truth through word, film, art and song.” Be sure to check out her feature film, “Every Emotion Costs.”
Website: http://www.naponse.com/
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Jay Odjick (Twitter: @JayOdjick)
Work: “Jay is an artist, writer and television producer from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabe community in Quebec.”
Website: http://kagagi.squarespace.com/
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Eden Robinson
Work: Author of poems, short stories and novels, including Son of a Trickster and Trickster Drift.
Website: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/25830/eden-robinson
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Terese Marie Maihot (Twitter: @TereseMarieM)
Book: Heart Berries
Website: https://www.jackjonesliteraryarts.com/terese-mailhot/
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Louise Erdrich
Work: Future Home of the Living God, as well as volumes of poetry, children’s books, short stories, and a memoir of early motherhood.
Website: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9388.Louise_Erdrich
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Darrel J. Mcleod
Book: Mamaskatch
Website: http://www.douglas-mcintyre.com/author/darrel-j-mcleod