In part, I’m writing this memoir for those who need to see someone standing strong farther down the road... read more
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Suzanne Adam and I met in 2010, while I was leading writing workshops at Los Parronales Writers' Retreat in Santiago, Chile. I was a structural editor for her first memoir,... read more
In high school I worked hard to cover up my depression. My mother was ill, and my family laboured to keep our convenience store open, as it was... read more
Sometime in my early twenties I wandered into a gallery of contemporary abstract art in Edmonton. It’s... read more
My father's death and burial in 1994 in Latvia, and my subsequent discovery of a dark family secret dating back to the Second World War compelled me to write.... read more
I once took a novel writing course that my professor said would stretch us to our limits. It did. I hated the draft of my novel: all that seemed... read more