Richard Wagamese Selected, Richard Wagamese
Richard Wagamese Selected, Richard Wagamese
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Richard Wagamese Selected
What Comes from Spirit

Author: Richard Wagamese, Drew Hayden Taylor

Narrator: Christian Baskous

Unabridged: 3 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2021


Synopsis

A new curated collection of Richard Wagamese’s short writingsRichard Wagamese, one of Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous authors and storytellers, was a writer of breathtaking honesty and inspiration. Always striving to be a better, stronger person, Wagamese shared his journey through writing, encouraging others to do the same.Following the success of Embers, which has sold over seventy thousand copies since its release in 2016, this new collection of Wagamese’s nonfiction works, curated by editor Drew Hayden Taylor, brings together more of the prolific author’s short writings—many for the first time in print—and celebrates his ability to inspire.Drawing from Wagamese’s essays and columns, along with preserved social media and blog posts, this beautifully designed collection is a tribute to Wagamese’s literary legacy.

About Richard Wagamese

Richard Wagamese (1955–2017), an Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, is recognized as one of the foremost Indigenous authors and storytellers in Canada. His writing is cherished for its honesty, piercing beauty, and hard-won wisdom.

About Christian Baskous

Christian Baskous is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. His theatrical credits include numerous roles in the New York Shakespeare Festival, Circle in the Square, the Kennedy Center, and Theater for the New City, as well as other regional theaters. His film and television work includes appearances in Glory, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Law & Order, Swan’s Crossing, and Swift Justice.

About Drew Hayden Taylor

Drew Hayden Taylor is an Ojibway from the Curve Lake First Nations in Ontario. He has performed stand-up comedy and was artistic director of Canada’s premiere Native theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts. He has been an award-winning playwright, journalist/columnist, short story writer, novelist, and television scriptwriter. Drew lives in Toronto.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ❀ Susan on October 03, 2021

The wisdom and beautiful writing of Richard Wagamese lives on through his meditations, stories and thoughts. He shares little pieces of himself: the impacts of abuse, being taken from his family, foster homes, adoption and later, learning about himself, his birth family, his language, culture and na......more

Goodreads review by Hiba on March 25, 2022

Each page, thought and word written in this book made me think and moved me. It became a ritual I looked forward to, like meditation, reading from this book most mornings. I re-read parts of it that really resonated and made me feel seen at a soul level. It reminded me how intricately connected we a......more

Goodreads review by Chris on April 01, 2022

What to say? In these days where everyone seems to be doubling-down on cruelty and unkindness, it seems Wagamese is about the only one I want to read. He writes often of the medicine of tobacco, sage, and cedar ... and now it is his words that are medicine.......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on October 28, 2021

I actually bought this book after reading it from the library. So many good essays and poems. A collection I will read over and over when I need inspiration or peace.......more

Goodreads review by Cara on November 21, 2021

A great selection of Wagamese’s writing. The literary world has a gaping hole left by the passing of Wagamese in 2017. It saddens me that there will be no more new work by him, but I intend go back and read all of his works.......more