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SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Jesse Wente
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DESCRIPTION:Author of Unreconciled: Family\, Truth\, and Indigenous Resist
 ance.\nhttps://bpl.libnet.info/event/7534741
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Jesse Wente\, a prominent Indigenous voice
  and CBC radio personality\, explores the lies and myths that affect relat
 ions between white and Indigenous peoples and the power of narrative to em
 phasize truth over comfort.</p>\n<p>A Globe &amp\; Mail "Best Book of the 
 Year" and national bestseller\, "Unreconciled" is part memoir\, part manif
 esto&mdash\;and a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed conce
 pt of reconciliation\, with an aim to build a new\, respectful relationshi
 p between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples.</p>\n<p>Wente revea
 ls the differences between Hollywood portrayals of Indigenous peoples and 
 lived culture. Through the lens of art\, pop culture\, personal stories\, 
 and humour\, he links his love of baseball and movies to such issues as cu
 ltural appropriation\, Indigenous representation and identity\, and Indige
 nous narrative sovereignty. Indeed\, he argues that storytelling in all it
 s forms is one of the best weapons for Indigenous peoples in the fight to 
 reclaim their rightful place.</p>\n<p>A Different Drummer Books will be on
 site selling books for signing after the talk.</p>\n<p>Presented in partne
 rship with Penguin Random House</p>\n<h5>About the Author</h5>\n<p>Jesse W
 ente is an Anishinaabe writer\, broadcaster\, and arts leader. Born and ra
 ised in Toronto\, his family comes from Chicago and Genaabaajing Anishinaa
 bek and he is a member of the Serpent River First Nation. Best known for m
 ore than two decades spent as a columnist for CBC Radio&rsquo\;s <em>Metro
  Morning</em>\, he also worked at the Toronto International Film Festival 
 for eleven years. In February 2018 he was named the first Executive Direct
 or of the Indigenous Screen Office. Wente was appointed Chair of the Canad
 a Council for the Arts in 2020\, the only First Nations person ever to hol
 d the position.</p>\n<p>Borrow <a href="https://burlington.bibliocommons.c
 om/v2/record/S194C281298">Unreconciled</a> from our collection</p>\n<h5>If
  you registered but cannot attend</h5>\n<p>As a courtesy to those on the w
 aitlist\, if you are unable to attend this event\, please cancel your seat
  online as soon as possible through <a href="https://attend.bpl.on.ca/myev
 ents">MyEvents</a> or call us for assistance at 905.639.3611. Thank you.</
 p>\nhttps://bpl.libnet.info/event/7534741
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