User:Geo Swan/Karen McBride
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Karen McBride | |
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| Nationality | Canada |
| Occupation | author |
Karen McBride is an author, from the Timiskaming First Nation.[1][2][3]
McBride's undergrad degree is from the University of Ottawa, and she has a Master's degree in creative writing from the University of Toronto.[3]
The CBC placed her debut novel, Crow Winter, on their recommended reading list for the winter of 2020.[4]
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"Karen McBride". Kingston Writer's Fest. 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in music and English, a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa and an M.A. in creative writing from the University of Toronto.
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Shelagh Rogers (2019-11-15). "Why Karen McBride's debut novel Crow Winter is rooted in the real and the magical worlds". CBC Radio. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
Crow Winter was my outlet to put my grief down on the page. I wanted to really explore it and bring it to some sort of resolution.
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Robert McGill (2019-10-10). "'I went right to my own mythology': U of T alumna Karen McBride explores Indigenous legend and myth in debut novel". University of Toronto. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
McBride, an Algonquin Anishnaabe writer from the Timiskaming First Nation, turned to the stories she'd been hearing since childhood to help process the loss of her father in 2013.
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"The CBC Books winter reading list: 40 books to read to kick off 2020". CBC Books. 2020-01-28. Archived from the original on 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
Canada was the promised land, but when he didn't fit in and life was more difficult than he expected, Ali turned to drugs and partying before finding his way.