Reading Shirley Hiebert’s Book, ‘Trüdyt’s Daughter’
Lately, I’ve been reading Shirley Hiebert’s book, Trüdyt’s Daughter: A Mennonite Woman’s Memoir. This vivid, unflinching account takes us from the east end of Steinbach […]
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A Virtual Tour of Chortitz, SK (Wymark) With Tracey Neustaeter
Up until embarrassingly recently, I didn’t really know about the Mennonite villages of the Canadian prairies. I grew up here on the East Reserve, where […]
‘The First Year Was A Big Experiment’: 5 Questions With Tracy Dueck
I’ve been friends with Tracy Dueck for 13 years, and in this time I have learned, time and again, that she’s a legendary people-feeder. A […]
5 Questions with Novelist Miriam Toews!
Miriam Toews needs no introduction. She is a Canadian treasure, a Mennonite treasure, a literary treasure: all of the above. Her new novel Women Talking (Penguin Random […]
My Summer of Poison Ivy
What kid born and bred in southeastern Manitoba hasn’t had an unforgettable encounter with poison ivy? I grew up in the midst of Poison Ivy […]