Magic Weapons : Aboriginal Writers Remaking Community After Residential Schools, Paperback by Mckegney, Sam; Johnston, Basil H. (FRW), ISBN 0887557023, ISBN-13 9780887557026, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

In the 1998 novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen, by Canadian First Nations writer Tomson Highway, the "magic weapons" with which the protagonists counter their abusive experiences in Canada's residential school system are classical piano and ballet. For Tomson himself and many other Canadian aboriginal survivors of the residential schools, McKegney (English, Mont Royal College, Canada) suggests, the written word becomes a "magic weapon." He conducts readings of the semi-autobiographical Kiss of the Fur Queen and more strictly autobiographical writings by others to explore how First Nation writers have confronted their pasts in the residential schools. Distributed in the US by Michigan State U. Press. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()