![]() ![]() Some of the books on the shelf were the classics by Robert Munsch like The Paper Bag Princess, and of course, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. We didn’t have a television, so I have fond memories of both my mom and dad reading to me and improvising stories at bedtime. ![]() My parents encouraged reading from a very early age. Still, books were a big part of my childhood. Growing up on the rez at a time when my family and community were really reconnecting with Anishinaabe traditions, spoken storytelling had a bigger influence on my upbringing than books did. Here are the books that have most influenced Rice throughout his life. His latest is Moon of the Crusted Snow (ECW Press), a thriller set in a snowbound northern Anishinaabe community, where a postapocalyptic reality slowly creeps its way through the band. He followed that up in 2014 with his first novel, Legacy. First, there was the short-story collection Midnight Sweatlodge in 2011. When he’s not working at the CBC and hosting the CBC radio show Up North, he is writing. Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist who splits time between Ontario’s Sudbury and Wasauksing First Nation. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice. ![]()
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