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

- Vivek Shraya

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

- Vivek Shraya

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

- Vivek Shraya

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 …

- Vivek Shraya

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

- Vivek Shraya

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

- Vivek Shraya

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…

- Vivek Shraya

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

- Vivek Shraya

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

- Vivek Shraya