A review by black_girl_reading
Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp

5.0

Richard Van Camp’s Moccasin Square Gardens was the reminder I needed that a short story collection can really do it all and more - not all stories need to be novels. Based all over the Dene territories in the north, this book takes you everywhere in place and time. From funny stories about local politics and community gossip, to gentle love songs to Elders and their knowledge, to terrifying parables about ancient threats unleashed by the current climate crisis, I laughed, I cried, and I was too scared to sleep. Van Camp was new to me when I read The Lesser Blessed earlier this year, and he’s as great at short stories as he is at the novel. So good.