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Jessica Johns: One of the biggest things that stood out for me in Jonny Appleseed was the nuanced and cared for way you explored the complexity of pekiwewin. He has been published widely in Canadian literary magazines such as Prairie Fire, EVENT, Arc Poetry Magazine, CV2, Red Rising Magazine, and Geez Magazine’s Decolonization issue. In 2016, his poem “mihkokwaniy” won Canada’s History Award for Aboriginal Arts and Stories (for writers aged 19–29). He is the author of the novel Jonny Appleseed and the poetry collection full-metal indigiqueer, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry, and which he respectfully withdrew from, releasing this statement. He is currently working toward a PhD in Indigenous literatures and cultures at the University of Calgary on Treaty 7 territory. Joshua Whitehead is an Oji-Cree Two-Spirit storyteller and academic from Peguis First Nation on Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba. In an in-depth interview, Room’s Jessica Johns chats with Joshua Whitehead, an Oji-Cree Two-Spirit storyteller and academic from Peguis First Nation on Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba, and author of the novel Jonny Appleseed (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018) and the poetry collection full-metal indigiqueer (TalonBooks, 2017). Things are never forgotten, they’re just forgone.”-Joshua Whitehead. “These queer stories are already ingrained in the land, and I’m just trying to find them.
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