Our first Women Asking Women feature brings together poet Ellen Chang-Richardson and fiction multi-genre writer Leila Marshy in conversation. Both of their recent books take on questions of identity, belonging, and the lives of those at the margins: In Blood Belies (Wolsak & Wynn), Ellen explores race, belonging, and the visual possibilities of poetry; and in My Thievery of the People (Baraka Books), Leila captures lives at the margins through stories that span cultures and continents. Below,...| Alllitup.ca
Blossom Thom left us on Tuesday, April 16. She died of a very aggressive form of cancer. Her sudden departure has left many people reeling. Until the end of January, Blossom was working very hard as Fiction Editor of Baraka Books, and now she is gone. I first met Blossom at a poetry reading she... Read more » The post Remembering Blossom Thom, Poet, Editor, and Friend to Many appeared first on Baraka Books.| Baraka Books