Joshua Whitehead ist ein Oji-Cree, Two-Spirit Erzähler und Akademiker, dessen Werk sich mit den Komplexitäten von Identität und indigener Erfahrung auseinandersetzt. Sein Schreiben zeichnet sich durch eine rohe, poetische Intensität aus, die die Schnittstellen von Tradition und Moderne erforscht. Whitehead nutzt Sprache als Werkzeug, um Themen wie Verletzlichkeit, Widerstandsfähigkeit und die vielschichtige Natur indigener Existenz zu erforschen. Seine unverwechselbare Stimme bietet Lesern tiefe Einblicke in die zeitgenössische indigene Welt und verbindet persönliche Erzählungen mit kritischer Auseinandersetzung.
A tender, eclectic reflection from an Indigenous author on his life, work, and queer identity.Evolving from a conversation between author Joshua Whitehead and Angie Abdou, Indigiqueerness is part dialogue, part collage, and part memoir. Beginning with memories of his childhood poetry and prose and traveling through the library of his life, Whitehead contemplates the role of theory, Indigenous language, queerness, and fantastical worlds in all his artistic pursuits. Indigiqueerness is imbued with Whitehead’s energy and celebrates Indigenous writers and creators who defy expectations and transcend genres.
For more than thirty years, this celebrated anthology has introduced readers to the next generation of great Canadian writers. With settings ranging from a Saskatchewan wheat field marked by crop circles to a dystopian metropolis where people are under constant surveillance, the twelve stories in this collection represent the year's best short fiction by some of our most exciting emerging voices. An aspiring artist looking for inspiration in the "aliveness of the desert" gets less--and more--than she bargained for when she signs up for a residency at a roadside motel. After years of toiling to pay off a debt that has devastated his family, a young Chinese fisherman makes a magical catch that will change the course of his life. As a populist candidate stands poised to triumph at a political convention, his campaign strategist and childhood best friend reflects on the dark legacy of their relationship. A brutal assault on a Toronto taxi driver leads his friend on a desperate search for answers. When troubling stories of women's encounters with aliens start to dominate the news cycle, a reporter reluctantly returns to her hometown to cover the phenomenon. A carpet collector reimagines his family's fractured history by weaving new tapestries to tell their stories. Unsure of whether his client is really dying, an end-of-life gift professional must assess the man's extravagant last wish. A Ktunaxa grandmother tells a parable of why you shouldn't speak to Kupi (owl) at night
Two-Spirit, queer und »NDN Glitzerfee« – das ist Jonny Appleseed. Der Angehörige des Volkes der Oji-Cree hat das Reservat verlassen und schlägt sich in Winnipeg als Sexarbeiter durch. Viele seiner weißen Kunden sind vom Indianer-Mythos fasziniert und glauben, er könne wie ein Naturgeist seine Gestalt wechseln. Jonny liebt die Freiheit, die ihm die Großstadt bietet, und bleibt doch ganz und gar verwurzelt in den Traditionen seines Volkes und seiner Familie. Als er vom Tod seines Stiefvaters erfährt, bleibt ihm eine Woche, bis er zu dessen Beerdigung ins Reservat zurückkehren muss. Während er mit Online-Sex das Geld für die Reise verdient, führen ihn seine Gedanken, Träume und Erinnerungen immer wieder zurück in die Vergangenheit: zu seinem Erwachsenwerden im Reservat, seiner großen Liebe Tias und zu seiner geliebten Mutter und Großmutter, deren Weisheiten ihm stets Halt im Leben geben. Joshua Whiteheads Debütroman ist ein bahnbrechendes Buch, das in einer mitreißenden Sprache und berührenden Traumbildern vom Leben eines indigenen, queeren Two-Spirit zwischen Akzeptanz und Ablehnung, zwischen Rebellion und Tradition erzählt.
Carleigh Baker likes to make light in the dark. Whether plumbing family ties, the end of a marriage, or death itself, she never lets go of the witty, the ironic, and perhaps most notably, the awkward. Despite the title, the resolution in these stories isn't always tragic, but it's often uncomfortable, unexpected, or just plain strange. Character digressions, bad decisions, and misconceptions abound.
"This poetry collection focuses on a hybridized Indigiqueer trickster character named Zoa who brings together the organic (the protozoan) and the technologic (the binaric) to re-beautify and re-member queer Indigeneity. A Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer invention, Zoa infects, invades, and infests as a virus inside canonical and popular works in order to re-centre the lives of Two-Spirit individuals. In their fierce defence, Zoa takes on the likes of Shakespeare, Spenser, Dickens, and Milton, romps through the fields of cyberpunks and biopunks, takes notes from popularized horror icons, and emulates contemporary pop-culture phenomenons like Lana del Rey, RuPaul's Drag Race, X-Men, Grindr, and Peter Pan -- all to build new territories in literature, pop culture, and oral storytelling. 'full-metal indigiqueer' works tirelessly to create coalition among Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer folk who have been ghosted in policy, page, tradition, and history -- the very lives of Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer youth are rarely mentioned; they find themselves made spectral in settler and neocolonial Indigenous nationalisms. For those who have, as Donna Haraway once noted, 'been injured, profoundly', 'full-metal indigiqueer' is a sex-positive project that sparks resurgence."--Page 4 of cover
