Breakfast with my daily short story. I requested this collection after it made the Canada Reads longlist. It would‘ve been an excellent shortlist contender, too. Kellough‘s prose is so immersive I‘ve read two or three stories most days, instead of my usual one, and I‘ve found a ton to unpack and consider here in terms of both structure and content.
pickPieces of short fiction about Canadian identity as part of the African diaspora—short stories, autobiographical fiction, science fiction, spy thriller, memoir, metafiction, history, historical fiction: whatever form this hybrid collection uses, by the end it has transformed into a novel. It's safe to call it outstanding. #shadowgiller #CanLit
My full review: https://lindypratch.blogspot.com/2020/08/dominoes-at-crossroads-by-kaie-kellough...
My mother quoted an afterschool special. “If you want to travel, then pick up a book.” The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy became my companion. I wasn‘t interested in science fiction so I didn‘t read it, but I fell in love with the title.
Kaie was an Arawak chief who paddled his canoe over a waterfall in a sacrifice to Makunaima, the creator, to assure his people‘s future. I always withheld that story when people asked me about my name, because Calgarians despise Indians.
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Dominoes at the Crossroads: Short Stories | 
