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Karen Busby Professor of law and director, University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research

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Karen Busby

Professor of law and director, University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research

“I recently finished the Giller-nominated The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Montreal’s Heather O’Neill. There’s something on every page that will make you laugh and gasp at the same time. Before that I read Richard Wagamese’s Medicine Walk, a moving story of redemption. Both novels would make great gifts. Next up is Stephen Pinker’s The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. I hope it will help me be a better critic of my students’ writing.”

Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files Karen Busby
Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files Karen Busby

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