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My good man / Eric Gansworth.

Gansworth, Eric, 1965- (author.).

Summary:

Brian, a 20-something reporter on the Niagara Cascade's City Desk, is navigating life as the only Indigenous writer in the newsroom, being lumped into reporting on stereotypical stories that homogenize his community, the nearby Tuscarora reservation. But when a mysterious roadside assault lands Tim, the brother of Brian's mother's late boyfriend, in the hospital, Brian must pick up the threads of a life that he's abandoned. The narrative takes us through Brian's childhood and slice of life stories on the reservation, in Gansworth's signature blend of crystal sharp, heartfelt literary realist prose. But perhaps more importantly, it takes us through Brian's attempt to balance himself between Haudenosaunee and American life, between the version of his story that would prize the individual over all else and the version of himself that depends on the entire community's survival. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781646141838
ISBN: 1646141830
Physical Description: 411 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Montclair, NJ : Levine Querido, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. 1. Distant early warning--1992 -- Assailant unknown -- Immediate family -- Indecent exposure -- pt. 2. Roll the bones--1970-1977 -- La Villa Strangiato (1970-1971) -- Forbidden fruit (1971-72) -- My good man (1973-74) -- True crime (1975) -- Fall from grace (1976) -- Secret identity (1977) -- pt. 3. Subdivisions--1978-1981 -- No heart (1978) -- Checking boxes (1979) -- Chess champion (1980) -- The new you (1980-1981) -- pt. 4. Closer to the heart--1981-1985 -- Campfire legends (1981) -- For the driver (1982) -- A different sun (1983) -- Semper fi (1984) -- Open admissions (1985) -- pt. 5. Vital signs--1986-1989 -- Late night double feature (1986) -- I see you (1986) -- Reservation candy hearts (1986) -- Secret origins (1986) -- Bleeding and leading (1988-1989) -- Test for echo--1990-1992 -- pt. 6. Entre nous--1992 -- Taking inventory -- Ape zero -- True confessions -- Summer cottage -- Patient visitor -- Commencement.