CBC Books | | Posted: September 20, 2022 8:16 PM | Last Updated: September 20, 2022
Harold R. Johnson
Image | The Power of Story by Harold R. Johnson
(Biblioasis)
In The Power of Story, Johnson explains the role of storytelling in every aspect of human life, from personal identity to history and the social contracts that structure our societies, and illustrates how we can direct its potential to re-create and reform not only our own lives, but the life we share. Companionable, clear-eyed, and, above all, optimistic, Johnson's message is both a dire warning and a direct invitation to each of us to imagine and create, together, the world we want to live in.
The late Harold R. Johnson, a member of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation, was a lawyer and writer whose groundbreaking bookFirewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction.
Interviews with Harold R. Johnson
Media Audio | Harold R. Johnson on his life in stories
Caption: Harold R. Johnson talks to Shelagh Rogers about his life, his writing career and the lessons he's learned.
Media Audio | The Current : Indigenous people need to tell their stories of sobriety, says lawyer
Caption: Harold R. Johnson is an Indigenous crown prosecutor and says alcohol is killing his people. He is urging for a new narrative on alcohol abuse, finding inspiration in those who overcome rather than thinking there are only those who succumb.