The document summarizes a performance by award-winning author Ivan Coyote at Mount Royal University. Coyote read excerpts from her collections of short stories and spoken word albums to a large crowd of students and faculty. Her stories drew from memories of her large Irish-Catholic family in Whitehorse, Yukon and brought the characters to life for the audience. Coyote has a gift for storytelling that transports listeners and allows them to experience faraway places and moments in history through her use of honest and engaging language. She emphasizes the importance of everyone sharing their own story.