Abstract
Ken Williams, playwright and journalist, received his MFA in Playwriting from the University of Alberta in 1992. He is a member of Gordon's First Nation band, Saskatchewan. His latest play, Project 7 (1996), presents striking metaphors of First Nations experience.
Williams has also spent two years as a journalist with Windspeaker. He now writes for Maclean's magazine in Toronto. In the following interview, he discusses various aspects of the complex relationship he has with writing and First Nations identity.