As an anxious child, the Montreal writer Mark Abley ricocheted between feeling Harry Abley was "a nightmare of a father: depressive, self-absorbed, unpredictable, emotionally unstable," and "a dream ...

Abley has produced something seemingly inconceivable: an intelligent, absorbing and, yes, entertaining book about an infamous Canadian villain who oversaw residential schools at the height of their ...

The Next Chapter"Conversations With a Dead Man: The Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott" author Mark Abley (Extended interview) Who really was Duncan Campbell Scott? How could he be a celebrated poet and, ...

Can Duncan Campbell Scott’s literary reputation survive the stigma of supervising Canada’s residential school system? You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...

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