Inspired by Toronto’s renowned, historic Bohemian Embassy, meet a new generation of artists inspiring Canada’s ever-evolving literary scene at The New E.
Northern Light is a book by Kazim Ali.(Goose Lane Editions)
Kazim Ali was the child of South Asian immigrants, who unexpectedly spent years of his childhood in the small Manitoba town of Jenpeg, a town that existed because of the hydroelectric dam nearby. As an adult, he found himself wondering about the town: did it even exist anymore? And if it did, what was it like? These questions sent him on a journey, one that looked at the environmental destruction the dam caused, and the local Pimicikamak community that fought against it.
Northern Light is Ali s story, the story of the Pimicikamak community and the story of a town that no longer exists.
Rob Taylor interviews Jen Sookfong Lee
Photo: Sherri Koop
After writing eight books of fiction and non-fiction, Jen Sookfong Lee is about to publish her first poetry collection:
Lee’s books include
The Conjoined, nominated for International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize,
The Better Mother, a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award,
The End of East,
Gentlemen of the Shade, and
Chinese New Year. She was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North Burnaby.
Rob Taylor: In “Yesterday, You Had the Best of Intentions” you write about a black that “hurts your eyes”, and also the “soft, enabling dark.” Blackness and darkness pervade
The title is the stepping off point for a deep dive into the passions of the mind by Charlie Smith on April 21st, 2021 at 9:08 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1
The Shadow List
By Jen Sookfong Lee. Wolsak & Wynn, 88pp, softcover
What happens when a critically acclaimed novelist and former CBC Radio books commentator switches lanes and becomes a poet? In the case of Vancouver’s Jen Sookfong Lee, it’s a magnificent ride.
The Shadow List is a compulsively readable collection of poems touching on everything from moth infestations to former lovers, and from text etiquette to a common lie told by writers.