Robert Kroetsch, a renowned poet, novelist, editor and professor, was killed in a car collision Tuesday night while returning from the ArtsPeak Festival, a weekend poetry fest in Canmore.
I mean, I don’t think “millions of people are crying right now,” or getting tattoos emblazoned with the word “hero” or anything. He never shoved a toy car up his ass, so I certainly don’t know who the fuck he is. Is it too early to assume he was drunk off his rocker? He is a novelist, after all. Has Roger Ebert weighed in?
Can we at least assume he was waaaaaaay too old to be behind the wheel? At almost 84, it wouldn’t be an erroneous assumption. Plus, he was being treated for Parkinson’s disease, which, as we all know, affects the motor skills of motorists. Five other people were injured in the crash, one critically. Should the elderly author be blamed? Why are more people not talking about this?!?!




