What Elliott didn’t mention was that her debut book, a highly anticipated essay collection titled A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, is about to be published by the country’s largest publisher, Penguin Random House Canada. At some point while writing, Elliott realized she was integrating Haudenosaunee philosophy and its influence on her world view into her work. “It’s the idea of seven generations and whatever action you do is going to impact seven generations into the future, and that things that are happening to you now are the result of decisions made seven generations in the past,” she says. (Elliott is openly excited that she is celebrating her book release by travelling with her husband to New York for their first WrestleMania.) “It encourages me to do my best for the people that I want to write for,” Elliott says.

Source: thestar March 21, 2019 16:52 UTC