WAB KINEW ON CANADA READS + WAYNE ARTHURSON ON THE WRITING LIFE (MF GALAXY 017)
z Wab Kinew is the 2015 host of CBC’s national book competition Canada Reads . He’s an award-winning hip hop artist and journalist, a correspondent for Al-Jazeera America, and perhaps best known to Canadians as the advocate for Joseph Boyden’s The Orenda , the winning book for Canada Reads 2014. SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE ON iTUNES SUPPORT MF GALAXY ON PATREON Last year on CBC’s Canada Reads , Wab Kinew electrified listeners with his opening book defense that name-checked each rival book in the competition while building to his defense of The Orenda . And he did it all in just under his allotted 60 seconds, memorised, and in verse. He began the competition by demolishing his competitors, some of whom, like runner Donovan Bailey , failed to use even half his accorded time, perhaps forgetting that you couldn’t win this contest by finishing early. Despite numerous achievements and awards, merit alone wasn’t enough to get Wab Kinew his new gig as moderator of Canada Reads ...