Why does thomas king write

In Canada, Thomas King is well known as an author of fiction; as the straightman side kick in a weekly radio show he also writes called "The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour" on national public radio; and as an associate professor of English literature at the University of Guelph.

The three sides of Thomas King are not as far apart as they might seem: King addresses native issues through satire and humor in his novels, his radio show, and classes. Introduced in his second novel, Green Grass, Running Water, The Dead Dog Café, with a neon sign of a dog in a stewpot, is a tourist trap that capitalizes on the appetite of non-native tourists for consumption of stereotypes about indigenous peoples.

In his first two novels, Medicine River and Green Grass, Running Water, particularly, King relies on the humor generated by the subversion of expectation to combat stereotypes and normalize the quotidian elements of life of the Native Canadian.

Blanca Chester