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Joshua Whitehead

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Joshua Whitehead is an Oji-Cree, Two-Spirit storyteller and academic from Peguis First Nation on Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba. He is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Indigenous literatures and cultures at the University of Calgary on Treaty 7 territory. His most recent book of poetry, Full-Metal Indigiqueer, was shortlisted for the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry. In 2016, his poem “mihkokwaniy” won Canada’s History Award for Aboriginal Arts and Stories (for writers aged 19–29), which included a residency at the Banff Centre. He has been published widely in Canadian literary magazines such as Prairie Fire, EVENT, Arc Poetry Magazine, CV2, Red Rising Magazine, and Geez Magazine’s Decolonization issue.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 21,425 ratings · 3,015 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jonny Appleseed 3.94 avg rating — 16,604 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead (Editor), Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Darcie Little Badger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 2,409 ratings — published 2019 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Love with the Land: Essays 4.06 avg rating — 1,560 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	full-metal indigiqueer: poems 4.31 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indigiqueerness: A Conversation about Storytelling by Joshua Whitehead, Angie Abdou (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queer as Camp: Essays on Summer, Style, and Sexuality by Kenneth B. Kidd (Editor), Joshua Whitehead (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journey Prize Stories 31: The Best of Canada's New Writers by Carleigh Baker (Goodreads Author) (Compiler), Catherine Hernandez (Selections), Joshua Whitehead (Selections) 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise Motel by John Whitehead, Joshua Whitehead (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“... humility is just a humiliation you loved so much it transformed.”
― Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed

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“...leaving home always hurts--home isn't a space, it's a feeling. You have to feel home and to feel it, you have to sense it: smell it, taste it, hear it. And it isn't always comfortable--”
― Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed

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“My home is full of hope and ghosts.”
― Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed

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