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I was lucky to see Kei Miller reading from this at a recent writers' festival (during which he charmed me, and I suspect much of the audience, into buying the book). This gave me an idea of how the (two very distinct) narrative voices should sound, which I think was helpful in reading the book.

( On to the review, which contains vague spoilers )

2. Motorcycles & Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor (Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2011)

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass sees Nanabush himself riding onto the Otter Lake reserve on a vintage motorcycle to fulfill a promise to an old friend and shake up the lives of the chief and her son ( Read more... )