Generally, I start by observing the existing and popular narratives in my social spheres and media, and the pressures I face in my own life experiences. As someone who is "newly" trans, I am constantly thinking about what the dominant narratives are around transness, how my work can push against these narratives, and how it already falls into these traps.

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 of my early twenties trying to erase my differences, often without awareness of what I was doing.

I continue to explore poetry.

I especially worry about the ways Canadians can be glib about our supposed difference from the US in our "acceptance" of "diversity."

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

My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body.

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