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

Should I be collaborating with artists of color solely because of their race and my politics? This question is weighted with my own worry that I have been invited to speak or collaborate solely because of my race, and not because of my abilities.

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 entering or leaving.

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

I worry about what Trump will inspire in Canada, especially given incidents that have already occurred here since the election.

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

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