English 182 - Paul Martin


9 April 2007

Joseph Boyden links

An interview with Joseph Boyden from Minnesota Public Radio.

Joseph Boyden bio and interview from Penguin USA

Way of the warrior: Joseph Boyden brings new voice to First World War epic (Quill and Quire magazine)

Burying cliché, stereotypes (therecord.com)

Boyden travelled 'mixed-blood highway' to New Orleans: Author connects Cree and poor blacks in U.S. (Edmonton Journal)

Windigo in the First World War Maclean's Magazine (2005)

The day the earth shook: On the 90th anniversary of Canada's battle at Vimy Ridge, novelist Joseph Boyden returns to the trenches, conjuring a few of the fallen (April 2007)

Joseph Boyden interview on the BookBuffet podcast

April 9, 1917

Today's the 90th anniversary of Vimy Ridge, perhaps the most important battle in Canadian military history.

Lots of media coverage going on about this in Canada, but here are a few links from the CBC site for some great current and past coverage.