is one of the
“most promising” young
writers in Canada. In this
first collection of short stories,
Richard demonstrates the
range of his talent and the
pursuit of excellence in his
craft as a writer and story-
teller. Honoring his Dogrib
ancestry and celebrating life
in no’r‘thern Canada, the
stories in Angel Wing Splash
Pattern are playful, moving,
and starkly honest in their
portrayal of contemporary
“Native life.

also
explores thé'healing going on
in Indian country. There is pain
in these stories and there is
loss. There is death, but there
is also rebirth, and there is
always the search from each
of the narrators for personal
truth. Readers will recognize
Larry Sole from The Lesser
Blessed in his story "How I
Saved Christmas", but there
are new voices here, new
secrets, from new characters
in communities across the
north and the south, yet they
are all linked by themes of
hope, the spirit of friendship,
and hunger.