I first met Buffy Sainte-Marie in the basement of Massey Hall to interview her for an article I was writing. She was hunched over, reading newspaper clippings that decorated the walls. As soon as she heard me approach she turned, offering a smile that melted my anxiety into warm affection. Trying to keep your journalistic wits about you when interviewing someone as charismatic and charming as Sainte-Marie is no easy…
Alicia Elliott
Alicia Elliott is an award-winning Tuscarora writer living in Brantford, Ontario, with her husband, kid, and dog. Her book of essays, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, is forthcoming in March 2019 from Doubleday Canada.