My Good Man
Written by Eric Gansworth
Narrated by Eric Gansworth
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Brian, a 20-something reporter on the Niagara Cascade City Desk, is navigating life as the only Indigenous writer in the newsroom, being lumped into reporting on stereotypical stories that homogenize his community—the nearby Tuscarora reservation. But when a mysterious roadside assault lands Tim, the brother of
Brian’s mother’s late boyfriend, in the hospital, Brian must pick up the threads of a life that he’s abandoned.
The resulting narrative takes us through Brian’s childhood and slice-of-life stories on the reservation, in Gansworth’s signature blend of crystal sharp, heartfelt literary realist prose.
But perhaps more importantly, it takes us through Brian’s attempt to balance his feet between Haudenosaunee and American life, between the version of his story that would prize the individual over all else, and the version of himself that depends on the entire community’s survival.
Editor's Note
Between two worlds…
Brian, an Indigenous journalist for a small white-centric newspaper, must cover a violent attack that took place on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation where he grew up. The victim was once a father figure to Brian, which sparks memories of his coming of age. Gansworth (“Apple: (Skin to the Core”), “Extra Indians”), who also grew up in the Tuscarora nation, uses prose, poetry, and Brian’s articles to explore the struggle to find one’s identity when caught between two worlds.
Eric Gansworth
Eric Gansworth, Sˑha-weñ na-saeˀ, (Onondaga, Eel Clan) is a writer and visual artist who was born and raised at the Tuscarora Nation. A professor of English, his work has been supported by the National Book Critics Circle, the Lannan Foundation, the Saltonstall Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Arne Nixon Center, the Virginia Piper Center, and The Seaside Institute among other institutions.
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