The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose

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

tagged: canadian, literary

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

George Melnyk is an associate professor of Canadian studies and film studies in the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary. He is a cultural historian who specializes in Canadian film and literature. The author and editor of almost twenty books, he is best known for his two-volume Literary History of Alberta (1998—99) and One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema (2004).

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.

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.

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.

Awards

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

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The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose

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

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