The first book of a trilogy, Eden Robinson’s Son of a Trickster focuses on the tumultuous everyday life of Jared, a sixteen-year-old struggling to survive his family. His parents are separated and strung out, and his mom is downright dangerous (an odd mix of neglectful and overly protective). He keeps himself drunk or stoned just […]
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Night Moves (Richard Van Camp)
Night Moves is Richard Van Camp’s fourth short story collection (he also authored a novel, graphic novels, and children’s books). Like his earlier collections, the stories focus on the fictional Northwest Territories community of Fort Simmer, based vaguely on Van Camp’s hometown of Fort Smith. One of six books Van Camp released in 2015, Night […]