Wayson in the Globe and Blackbird in Mi'kmaq

Marsha Lederman has written a beautiful tribute to Wayson, published today, capturing his quirky warmth. She wrote me to say she was sorry so much of our conversation got cut. But that means I can tell those stories in my own time.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-canadian-author-wayson-choy-inspired-others-with-tales-of-childhood-in/

And for something goosebump haunting - Paul McCartney's glorious "Blackbird" in Mi'kmaq. It's a wonderful world.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.5118294/meet-the-n-s-teenager-who-sang-blackbird-by-the-beatles-entirely-in-mi-kmaq-1.5118296?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar