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Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active.
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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I especially worry about the ways Canadians can be glib about our supposed difference from the US in our acceptance of diversity.
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I couldn't write about love without writing about hate - specifically, how the experience of hatred embeds itself in the body and prevents love from entering or leaving.
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My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body.
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Making music has been connected to one of my greatest heartaches, because my own music has never quite connected with audiences. But it was this heartache that pushed me to explore other artistic avenues, like writing and filmmaking, and I ultimately feel most at home in a multidisciplinary environment.
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I continue to explore poetry.
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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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I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.
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Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.
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When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing.
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I used singing as a safety measure. I would pay attention to what songs the popular girls liked, learn those songs from the radio or library cassettes, and then accidentally sing or hum these songs in class. This would impress the girls, who would then defend me from the boys.
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I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.
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I worry about what Trump will inspire in Canada, especially given incidents that have already occurred here since the election.
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In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.
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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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