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As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.

Vivek Shraya

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I recently did a reading at an elementary school in Ottawa, and one of the children asked me if I was a girl. I said yes. Another child commented that I had a deep voice. I responded: Can girls have deep voices? There was a pause and then the group responded, Yes!
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My intention was never to write a trans novel - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel.
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In my thirties, I have felt a greater urgency to make art that highlights what it feels like to be racialized, likely due to living in a country that obscures our racism with the idea of multiculturalism.
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I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.
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As much as I believe in the capacity for art to create change, and as much as being an artist is physically and emotionally challenging, there is ultimately something a bit comfortable about making art in the comfort of your own home.
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When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious.
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I didn't want to give the white reader an opportunity to think of racism as imaginary - a sentiment that is already a central barrier in addressing the problem.
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If anything, I have witnessed the ways my art travels, or is rendered more accessible, when sanctioned by or connected to white artists.
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It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.
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When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.
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Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not.
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