Musings in the wake of Joseph Boyden’s fall from grace, 2016. One of the things I remember most from my first creative writing class with David Arnason at the U of Manitoba (way back in 1985-86) was his advice to aspiring novelists and poets to “write what you know.” I’ve long since switched to history and politics, and only occasionally still dabble in conscious dreams of fiction – unless one views my historical interpretations and utopian political visions as themselves …