Welcome to No Word for Home, a cozy nook of the internet where stories of home and belonging are shaped and shared.
Here, you’ll find a mixed bag (I am a Libra with perpetual choice paralysis, after all) of personal essays, thoughts on poetry and writing, book recs, writing prompts, profiles and interviews with inspiring writers and thinkers (coming early 2024), lists, and more. Within the realm of home and belonging, topics include: grief, mental illness, memory and inheritance, bodies, food, art, writing, and general creativity. Posts go out every Sunday (usually), with at least one post each month available to free subscribers.
I’m a poet, writer, and educator currently residing in the rural interior of British Columbia. My first collection of poetry, Antonyms for Daughter, was published in 2021, and my poetry and personal essays have been published widely across Canada and the United States. In 2019, I won the CBC Nonfiction Prize for my personal essay on intergenerational trauma. I’m now at work on some new poetry and a memoir.
I’m currently in the middle of what I might call a gap year, which I took to give myself some space to finish some applications and writing projects that had been on the backburner for too long. This gap year has meant moving back into my family home, which is not so much a home as it is a house where terrible things happened. So, I’m working through all of that in tandem with planting seeds, which is how I’ve arrived here. However you’ve arrived here, thank you.
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