Minister Faust: Guest-blogging on Ecstatic Days (Sept. 8-12)

(credit)Minister Faust is an Edmontonian writer, high school English teacher, union delegate, broadcaster, community activist and orator who has spoken before crowds in the tens of thousands. A founding member of the Living History Group (LHG) of the Council of Canadians of African and Caribbean Heritage (CCACH), he has worked for years in Edmonton's Afrikan communities on cultural and justice issues. His debut novel, The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad, was hailed by The New York Times Review of Books, and short-listed for the 2004 Philip K. Dick award, the 2004 Locus Best First Novel award and the 2004 Compton-Crook award, and ranked on four top ten lists of 2004 novels (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, January Magazine, SFSite.com). His second novel, From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain, also met with wide-spread acclaim, including a starred review from Publishers Weekly.Faust’s novels are powerful, original, often darkly funny, and well worth your time. I’m very pleased to have him guest blogging on Ecstatic Days this coming week.