Robert Finley, 2003 - 2004 Markin-Flanagan Canadian Writer-in-Residence

Robert FinleyRobert Finley is the author of The Accidental Indies (2000), a collection of lyrical essay-fictions that imaginatively explores Christopher Columbus's discovery of America and the role language played in shaping his perceptions and quest for the new world. The book won a Cunard First Book Award and shortlisted for Thomas Head Raddall Award for Fiction at the 2001 Atlantic Writing Awards. Eric Ormsby, author of For a Modest God, describes the collection as "Exquisitely written...a brilliant and utterly original work of literature."