Wreck
- Author Name: Kelley Jo Burke
- Award Year: 2022
- Publisher: Radiant Press
- Publication Date: 2021
- ISBN: 9781989274446
- Author Website: http://bigocean.ca
About the Book
Kelley Jo Burke pulls out all the stops in this extremely personal memoir as she embarks on a wild journey to understand many things, including the part where her grandfather sort of murdered her grandmother. Returning to a house filled with her first memories of childhood, she begins to explore the complex origins of her own anxiety. Along the way, she reflects on alienation and immigration, mental health and generational trauma, and the nature of memory itself. A memoir filled with raw honesty, comedy, tragedy and grace. Kelley Jo lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.
About the Author
Kelley Jo Burke is an award-winning Regina playwright, creative nonfiction writer and documentarian, a professor of theatre and creative writing, and past host of CBC Radio’s SoundXchange. She is the 2017 winner (with composer Jeffery Straker) of the Playwright Guild of Canada’s national Best New Musical Award for Us, which premiered at the Globe Theatre in 2018. Recent plays include The Lucky Ones, The Selkie Wife, and Ducks on the Moon. Her published work includes four books, inclusion in four collections, many periodicals, and she is the creator of eight creative nonfiction documentaries for CBC’s IDEAS. She was the 2009 winner of the Sask. Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Leadership in the Arts, the recipient of the 2008 Saskatoon and Area Theatre Award for Playwriting, and has won the City of Regina Writing Award three times. Kelley Jo lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.