Born in 1932, Edmonton’s Gloria Sawai has been publishing short fiction off and on, here and there, for many years, but A Song for Nettie Johnson is her first book-length collection. It vividly presents life on the Canadian Prairies, and questions of religious faith are never far away. Read more
The Globe and Mail November 2001
Edmonton writer Gloria Sawai attained a modest fame a few years ago with a story that uniquely probed religious faith. The Day I Sat With Jesus on the Sundeck and a Wind Came Up and Blew My Kimono Open and He Saw My Breasts has appeared in a dozen publications around the world. It’s a gem. Read more
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