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First Nations
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,
two spirit
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poet and novelist.
An
Oji-Cree
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The Oji-Cree people are des ...
member of the
Peguis First Nation
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in
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Unreserved
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'', December 17, 2017. he began publishing poetry while pursuing undergraduate studies at the
University of Winnipeg
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This Magazine
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'', April 3, 2018.
After he started graduate studies in indigenous literature at the
University of Calgary
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,
Talonbooks
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published his debut poetry collection ''Full-Metal Indigiqueer'' in 2017. The book initially received a
Lambda Literary Award
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nomination for Transgender Poetry at the 30th Lambda Literary Awards in 2018, although Whitehead withdrew the book from consideration as the category was a misrepresentation of his identity as a
two-spirit
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, not transgender, person.
His
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, ''Jonny Appleseed'', was published by
Arsenal Pulp Press
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in 2018. In the same year, he was named a finalist for the
Dayne Ogilvie Prize
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for Canadian LGBTQ writers, and the book was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2018
Scotiabank Giller Prize
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Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction
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Canada Reads
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competition, championed by
Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
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.
''Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction'', an anthology edited by Whitehead, was named the winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Anthology at the
33rd Lambda Literary Awards
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in 2021. Writers featured in the anthology include
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,
Darcie Little Badger
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As an author, she specializes in speculative fiction, especially horror, science fiction and fantasy. Further, as a Lipan Apache, she develops her stories with Apache character ...
, Gabriel Castilloux Calderon,
Adam Garnet Jones
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Personal life
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CBC Books
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