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

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

Art can sometimes be separate from the artist.

I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.

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

As a brown artist, I have mixed feelings about my relationship to art and my "responsibilities" post-Trump.

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