| UNAVAILABLE This title is no longer available from the publisher All My Relations: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Fiction features the writings of nineteen well-known Native writers. The works represent a variety of fictional genres, including an oral narrative, short stories, novel excerpts, and an excerpt from a drama. The themes explore identity, "Indianness", community, continuity, oral literature/storytelling, exploring the day-to-day lifestyle of contemporary Native People, the Trickster, encounters with evil, and changing culture. Editor Thomas King establishes his view of Native literature and how it is coming into its own and needs more time and writing to allow for broad generalizations. His selections allow for a wide-ranging exploration of what Canadian Native literature is about in the early years of the last millennium. Writers represented include Harry Robinson, Ruby Slipperjack, Barry Milliken, Peter Blue Cloud/Aroniawenrate, Emma Lee Warrior, Jordan Wheeler, Beth Brant, S. Bruised Head, Thomas King, Tomson Highway, Jeannette C. Armstrong, Joan Crate, Bruce King, Maurice Kenny, Richard G. Green, Daniel David Moses, J. B. Joe, Basil Johnston, and Jovette Marchessaul. This anthology is an excellent introduction to the exciting field of Native literature that offers students in high school and college a way to explore the richness of Native writing in Canada. |
