"Norma Dunning's debut short story collection is sensitive, intelligent and intense. Right from the first story, 'Kabloona Red,' in which an Inuit women knocks back cheap red wine whenever her white husband is away, Dunning writes about authentic experience. The narrators are first person or closely focused third, so the Inuit characters' confusion and pain as they struggle to maintain individual and cultural identifies are felt directly.... Strong currents of anger and courage propel the Inuit characters. They are survivors.... I loved this book." Candace Fertile, Alberta Views, March 2018
"When I read the article, 'What inspired her was getting mad,' about the story behind Norma Dunnings debut collection, Annie Mukluk and Other Stories, I was not surprised. Acts of justice and revenge factor throughout the book, propelling the stories so terrifically. Dunning wrote her stories in response to ethnographic representations of Inuit people that neglected to show them as actual people, and the result is a book thats really extraordinary. Because her people are so real, people who laugh, and joke, and drink, and have sex (and they have a lot of sex)." Kerry Clare, Pickle Me This, August 2, 2017
"Dunnings stories, nuanced and deeply felt, reach deep into the heart of what it means to be Inuit, into the sacred place where the songs of the north are still sung, visions are still seen, and the spirits still speak. From this place, it is possible to laugh at those who come to destroy. From this place, dignity is maintained and the connection to the turning of the seasons is unbroken. Together with grief for what has been lost, there is power and light in these stories." Kristine Morris, Foreword Magazine, June 29, 2017
"A successful short story takes us to unfamiliar places, and the 16 stories in this collection certainly fill that bill. Its a journey deep into Inuit life, with tales of Inuk of all shapes, genders and ages. The title story is at turns funny, violent and cunning: Jimmy tries to convince best friend Moses to stay away from the glorious Annie Muktuk, an arnaluk (naughty woman, according to the glossary) who will cause him grief. - Sarah Murdoch, Toronto Star, November 24, 2017
"Although [Dunning] deals with serious contemporary realities for Inuit people, she manages to work in moments of humour that flesh out her characters, making them fully realized and complex." -- Matthew Stepanic -- Where.ca, 20170901
"Jury members praised Dunning for crafting 'spellbinding narratives' centring on Inuit characters that 'deliver raw emotion and an acute sense of humanity.' Danuta Gleed Award Jurors, June 2018
# 10 on Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers list, September 24, 2017 -- 20170924
# 6 on Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers list, October 01, 2017 -- 20171001
# 10 on Edmonton Fiction Bestsellers list, October 22, 2017 -- 20171022
