Copyright © 2023 Joshua Whitehead and Angie Abdou

Published by AU Press, Athabasca University

1 University Drive, Athabasca, Alberta T9S 3A3

https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771993913.01

Cover, art direction, and illustrations by Brnesh Berhe

Interior book design by Natalie Olsen

Joshua Whitehead author photo by Tenille Campbell, Sweetmoon Photography | Angie Abdou author photo by Kevan Wilkie

Printed and bound in Canada

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Indigiqueerness : a conversation about storytelling / Joshua Whitehead in dialogue with Angie Abdou.

Names: Whitehead, Joshua (Writer), author. | Abdou, Angie, author.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20220447667 | Canadiana (ebook) 20220448310 | ISBN 9781771993913 (softcover) | ISBN 9781771993906 (PDF) | ISBN 9781771993890 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)—Interviews. | LCSH: Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)—Childhood and youth. | LCSH: Indigenous authors—Canada. | LCSH: Storytelling. |

LCSH: Authorship. | LCSH: Queer theory. | CSH: Indigenous literature—

History and criticism. | LCGFT: Interviews. | LCGFT: Autobiographies.

Classification: LCC PS8645.H5498 A3 2023 | DDC C818/.603—dc23

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for our publishing activities and the assistance provided by the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund.

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