Audrey Whitson’s novel, The Death of Annie the Water Witcher by Lightning, was a finalist for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize in 2020. Whitson’s collection of coming-of-age stories, The Glorious Mysteries, was longlisted for the 2014 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award; as well, “Snow” from this collection was shortlisted for the 2014 Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Fiction. Her first book, Teaching Places, a memoir about how the land teaches, was shortlisted for three awards in 2004. Her poetry and essays have been published in many magazines and anthologies and have won awards. Audrey is currently at work on a play about sexual violence. She lives in Edmonton.
From the Blog
Audrey's musings
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December
Winter Solstice 2020: A Deepening
Growing up I was afraid of the dark. I was afraid of going to bed at night. I was afraid of going down into the corners of the basement in the middle of the day, where I would often get sent to fetch things. Mostly I was afraid of the unknown. What I might find […]
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September
Fall Equinox 2020: The Birds Are Sentinels
The last couple of days walking by the river, I’ve run across a flock of robins, country robins, judging from the way they spook on seeing me. Maybe they’ll be there tomorrow; maybe they’ll be gone. It’s one of their migration strategies, to stop and refuel every so often. Most migrating birds fly at night. […]
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June
Summer Solstice 2020: The Fullness
COVID-19. One word with so many contradictions: death, innovation, anger, selflessness, anxiety, adaptation, depression, creativity. The fullness of life! To date, at least 8,457,305 infections; 453,882 deaths. We hear the counts every night like reports from a war zone. We know it is not gone. The financial fall-out we haven’t begun to comprehend. The isolation […]