Prairie Edge : A Novel Arapaho and the 2021 Frost Medal

and the 2021 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry

Layla's grandparents (who Julia calls Grandma and Grandpa) put her to work but won't let her paddle the canoe

and swans - all of them far more elegant than the “Ugly Bird

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life

and taught me much

Prairie Edge : A Novel Arapaho and the 2021 Frost MedalConor Kerr is a Mtis Ukrainian educator, writer, and harvester. He is a member of the Mtis Nation of Alberta, part of the Edmonton Indigenous community and is descended from the Lac Ste. Anne & Fort Des Prairies Mtis communities and the Papaschase Cree Nation. His Ukrainian family settled in Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan. Meet Isidore Ezzy Desjarlais and Grey Ginther: two distant Mtis cousins making the most of Greys uncles old trailer, passing