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 hear….

When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious..

Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not..

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 cassette….

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 ….

Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active..

When I do book readings, I always incorporate music or singing..

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

I have dedicated a significant portion of my time and artistry to making art that addresses various forms of oppression, including white supremacy, m….

My interest in language is steadfast, but I think each project and its accompanying intentions dictate how language must be used..

Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning..

Of course, I can't separate my queerness from my brownness - if anything, my queerness amplifies my brownness, and vice versa - but I spent so much o….

Children are receptive to talking about gender creativity, confirming the importance of the book as a means to instigate this dialogue at an early ag….

I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support artists of co….

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….

In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers..

My intention was never to write a "trans novel" - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel..

I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself..

When I wouldn't leave home without my blue contacts or when I was bleaching my hair, I didn't have the language to articulate that I was trying to as….

Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began..

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives..