Bookshelf: The Orenda

When meeting with Canadian officials over land claims in the 1990s, a Gitksan elder asked, “If this is your land, where are your stories?” It’s a reasonable question—don’t the stories we tell about a place, in part, create a place? It’s doubtful that the elder had been reading Benedict Anderson; … Read More

Why Canadian Guys Should Read “February”

Yesterday, Lisa Moore’s February won Canada Reads, CBC’s annual competition involving notable panellists defending five books and voting to determine which book Canadians should read this year. One criticism of February, uttered by historian Charlotte Gray, jumped out at me in particular: “I think that what will not resonate for … Read More

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