The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose

edited by Geroge Melnyk; Tamara Seiler, contributions by Ninoxkyaio; Mary Schaffer; Fred Stenson; Monica Hopkins & Thomas King

tagged: canadian

Description

The first multi-genre historical anthology of Alberta writing since 1979, The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose collects twentieth-century short fiction, excerpts from novels, and non-fiction. This anthology explores what writers-past and present-can tell us about what it means to be Albertan-and Canadian. Each piece is preceded by an introduction with a literary biography and critical discussion of the selection that situates the piece within the author's overall repertoire.

With contributions by:

George Bugnet Hugh Dempsey Cheryl Foggo Hiromi Goto Katherine Govier Monica Hopkins Thomas King W.P. Kinsella Illia Kiriak Joy Kogawa Myrna Kostash Henry Kreisel Robert Kroetsch Sid Marty W.O. Mitchell Howard O'Hagan Andy Russell George Ryga Mary Schaffer Sam Selvon Fred Stenson Christine van der Mark Aritha van Herk Emma Lee Warrior Shelia Watson Thomas Wharton Rudy Wiebe Kerry Wood Ninoxkyaio

About the Authors

Geroge Melnyk

George Melnyk is a prominent writer of the Canadian West who lives in Calgary. He is the author of a half-dozen nonfiction books on the West, including the two-volume Literary History of Alberta. He teaches at the University of Calgary.

Tamara Seiler

Tamara Palmer Seiler is an interdisciplinary scholar who teaches Canadian Studies at the University of Calgary. She has written widely on the impact of immigration and ethnic diversity on Canadian culture and, in particular, on Canadian literature. She has co-authored two books on the history of Alberta.

Ninoxkyaio

Mary Schaffer

Fred Stenson is a past winner of the CAA Silver Medal for Fiction and a two-time winner of the Alberta Motion Picture Award. He lives in Cochrane, Alberta.

AMY MONICA HOPKINS was born in Dorset, England in 1884. After marrying her childhood sweetheart, she immigrated to Canada in 1909, settling in Alberta where she remained until her death in 1974.

THOMAS KING is an award-winning writer and photographer. His critically acclaimed, bestselling books include Medicine River; Green Grass, Running Water; One Good Story, That One; Truth and Bright Water; A Short History of Indians in Canada; The Back of the Turtle (winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction); The Inconvenient Indian (winner of the RBC Taylor Prize); Indians on Vacation; Sufferance; and the poetry collection 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin. A Companion of the Order of Canada and the recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award, Thomas King lives in Guelph, Ontario. Black Ice is the eighth book in the DreadfulWater series.

Contributor Notes

George Melnyk is a cultural historian who teaches Canadian Studies at the University of Calgary. He is also author of the two-volume Literary History of Alberta.

Tamara Palmer Seiler is an interdisciplinary scholar who teaches Canadian Studies at the University of Calgary. She has written widely on the impact of immigration and ethnic diversity on Canadian culture and, in particular, on Canadian literature.

With contributions by: George Bugnet, Hugh Dempsey, Cheryl Foggo, Hiromi Goto, Katherine Govier, Monica Hopkins, Thomas King, W.P. Kinsella, Illia Kiriak, Joy Kogawa, Myrna Kostash, Henry Kreisel, Robert Kroetsch, Sid Marty, W.O. Mitchell, Howard O'Hagan, Andy Russell, George Ryga, Mary Schaffer, Sam Selvon, Fred Stenson, Christine van der Mark, Aritha van Herk, Emma Lee Warrior, Shelia Watson, Thomas Wharton, Rudy Wiebe, Kerry Wood, and Ninoxkyaio

Awards

Short-listed, Alberta Book Awards, Scholarly Book (Book Publishers Association of Alberta)

Editorial Review

All readers, regardless of their level of familiarity with Alberta literature, will find treasures in The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose.

—Lisa Grekul, Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal