| Title | : | All My Relations: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Fiction (\tAmerican Indian Literature and Critical Studies, #4) |
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| ISBN | : | 0806124296 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780806124292 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1988 |
An Okanagan Indian becomes a captive circus showpiece in England / Harry Robinson --
Coal oil, crayons and schoolbooks / Ruby Slipperjack --
Run / Barry Milliken --
Weaver spider's web / Peter Blue Cloud/Aroniawenrate --
Compatriots / Emma Lee Warrior --
The seventh wave / Jordan Wheeler --
The Rez sisters : an excerpt from Act I / Tomson Highway --
An afternoon in bright sunlgiht / S. Bruised Head --
The one about Coyote going west / Thomas King --
Turtle gal / Beth Brant --
Hookto : the evil entity / Bruce King --
This is a story / Jeanette C. Armstrong --
Rain / Maurice Kenny --
Welcome to the real world / Joan Crate --
The last raven / Richard G. Green --
Cement woman / J.B. Joe --
King of the raft / Daniel David Moses --
Song one : the riverside / Jovette Marchessault --
Summer holidays in Spanish / Basil H. Johnston.
All My Relations: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Fiction (\tAmerican Indian Literature and Critical Studies, #4) Reviews
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All short and of great variation in quality. Some were just too short to be of much interest; they mustered all the character depth of a Norman Rockwell drawing. The ones that incorporated aspects of what I guess are traditional Native stories were pretty awesome. I loved the editor's own "The One About the Coyote Going West." The way it used dialogue and interruptions and such brought a great flavor of the spoken word into the written - much more successfully than the first story which just transcribed an oral tale. Beth Brant's "Turtle Gal" was also crazy short, but there was something about the imagery and the contrast of the two characters - an old bluesy black man and a silent indian girl - that rang on in me after the last word. I would totally read the rest of the novel that Bruce King's "Hookto: the Evil Entity" is an excerpt from. There was a shameless brutality to the language that got me interested. Finally, the exuberant mystical feminism of J.B. Joe's "Cement Woman" and Jovette Marchessault's "Song One: The Riverside" was good food for the every-hungry exuberant mystical feminist in me.
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I'm usually not a lover of collections of short stories, but i really enjoyed this anthology. I particularly enjoyed Turtle Gal, by Beth Brant, the story of a little native girl who befriends an older Black man. Thomas King did a good job of choosing a good mix of stories.
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I've read some of the stories in this book, but not all
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2010
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although some of the stories were stand alone stories several were segments form larger pieces- as an avid reader I find these little teasers frustrating rather than interesting - I find that I am left hanging. Although definitely includes some amazing authors in this anthology.
