Joshua Whitehead's first non-fiction foray looks at process, Indigeneity, queerness yyc
He describes it as “biopunk fiction meets Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.” This may not sound like Whitehead’s work will become more cheery, particularly to anyone even vaguely familiar with McCarthy’s nightmare-inducing 2006 post-apocalyptic novel.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Whitehead had not planned on writing a book of non-fiction. Writing the essays in Making Love with the Land was initially meant to be a personal exercise for the writer, a way of processing his experiences as a Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, Two-Spirit/Indiqueer who had become a literary star thanks to the response to his debut novel, 2018’s Giller longlisted, Governor General’s shortlisted and Canada Reads-winning Jonny Appleseed.
Whitehead had already found success as a poet with the 2017 collection Full-Metal Indigiqueer prior to releasing Jonny Appleseed. The novel centred on a Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer young man who revisits his reserve to attend the funeral of his stepfather. Both books seemed to have autobiographical elements, which led to assumptions from readers or interviewers.
Whitehead, who is currently an assistant professor in the English Department at the University of Calgary, reveals personal details that include uncomfortable passages about being sexually assaulted and his struggles with body image. The essays veer from relatively straightforward memoir to poetic and occasionally surreal explorations of body, language and our relationship to the land.
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