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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
This book is easily one of the best biographies I have ever read. Warner's treatment of Sainte-Marie's story is beautiful, eloquent, thought-provoking, and so earnest that you can't help but walk away from this book feeling that Buffy is really the coolest person to have graced Mother Earth.
Buffy Sainte-Marie has zero interest in celebrity and is notoriously private. And in this biography, she keeps it that way. We get a peek into her life and the healing that has come from the tragedies she has experienced. The reader is allowed in, but only so far. This is clearly intentional; Buffy wants you to know she's been victimized but she is not a victim. Her story is about so much more than victimhood. It's also about the work: the music, the art, the philanthropy, being on the cutting edge of technology, and the desire to move, shake, and re-shape Indigeny. The author is correct in stating Sainte-Marie's fingerprints are on every page. Sainte-Marie is a private person living in a very public world. In this biography, you can feel Sainte-Marie not so much controlling the narrative, but moving it towards what she wants us to know, what she needs us to know. Sainte-Marie and Warner stay away from the darkest of corners and one has to wonder if it is about protecting Sainte-Marie's privacy AND not falling into that trap of exploitation so many Indigenous leaders are dragged into.
Don't fuck the band and light shit on fire.
Buffy Sainte-Marie has zero interest in celebrity and is notoriously private. And in this biography, she keeps it that way. We get a peek into her life and the healing that has come from the tragedies she has experienced. The reader is allowed in, but only so far. This is clearly intentional; Buffy wants you to know she's been victimized but she is not a victim. Her story is about so much more than victimhood. It's also about the work: the music, the art, the philanthropy, being on the cutting edge of technology, and the desire to move, shake, and re-shape Indigeny. The author is correct in stating Sainte-Marie's fingerprints are on every page. Sainte-Marie is a private person living in a very public world. In this biography, you can feel Sainte-Marie not so much controlling the narrative, but moving it towards what she wants us to know, what she needs us to know. Sainte-Marie and Warner stay away from the darkest of corners and one has to wonder if it is about protecting Sainte-Marie's privacy AND not falling into that trap of exploitation so many Indigenous leaders are dragged into.
Don't fuck the band and light shit on fire.