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A TALE OF MONSTROUS EXTRAVAGANCE A Tale of MONSTROUS Extravagance Imagining Multilingualism 1 The University of Alberta Press Henry Kreisel Lecture Series Tomson HIGHWAY Published by First edition, first printing, 2015. First electronic edition, 2015. The University of Alberta Press Digital conversion by Transforma Pvt. Ltd.. Ring House 2 Copyediting by Peter Midgley. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1 Book design by Alan Brownoff. www.uap.ualberta.ca Cover photo: Jorge Cueto. Used by permission. and Canadian Literature Centre / Centre de The Cree language feedback for the Highway littérature canadienne lecture was provided by Solomon Ratt of 3–5 Humanities Centre First Nations University, William Dumas of University of Alberta Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E5 Centre, and Arden Ogg of the Cree Literacy www.abclc.ca Network. Copyright © 2015 Tomson Highway All rights reserved. No part of this publication Introduction copyright © 2015 Christine may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, Sokaymoh Frederick or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without prior library and archives canada written consent. Contact the University cataloguing in publication of Alberta Press for further details. Highway, Tomson, 1951–, author The Canadian Literature Centre A tale of monstrous extravagance : acknowledges the support of the Alberta imagining multilingualism Foundation for the Arts for the Henry / Tomson Highway. Kreisel Lecture delivered by Tomson Highway in March 2014 at the University (Henry Kreisel memorial lecture series) of Alberta. Issued in print and electronic formats. isbn 978-1-77212-041-7 (pbk.).¬ The University of Alberta Press gratefully isbn 978-1-77212-071-4 (pdf).¬ acknowledges the support received for isbn 978-1-77212-069-1 (epub).¬ its publishing program from The Canada isbn 978-1-77212-070-7 (kindle) Council for the Arts. The University of Alberta Press also gratefully acknowledges 1. Multilingualism and literature. the financial support of the Government 2. Language and culture. 3. Highway, of Canada through the Canada Book Fund Tomson, 1951– —Anecdotes. I. Canadian (cbf) and the Government of Alberta Literature Centre, issuing body II. Title. through the Alberta Media Fund (amf) III. Series: Henry Kreisel lecture series for its publishing activities. pn171.m93h55 2015 809 c2014-908272-x c2014-908273-8 6 7 | v FOREWORD The CLC Kreisel Lecture In this event we come together, listen with more than our ears, remove blinders and become part of the celebration, expand our thinking and feeling of inclusion, and build relationships. ¬christine sokaymoh frederick 1 THE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVE of the Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series could not be better summarized. This series realizes most fully the Canadian Literature Centre’s mission: to bring together authors, readers, students, researchers and teachers in an open, inclusive and critical forum. Kreisel lecturers already include Joseph Boyden, Wayne Johnston, Dany Laferrière, Eden Robinson, Annabel Lyon, Lawrence Hill, Esi Edugyan, and now the awe-inspiring showman par excellence, Tomson Highway. Take the fine points about social oppression, cultural identities and sense of place by Boyden, or Johnston’s reflection on the tumultuous encounter of history and fiction. Consider with Laferrière both the pains of exile .

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