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To name a few, Margaret Atwood, Lawrence Hill, and Michael Ondaatje wrote essays for this anthology on what it means to write creatively in Canada, about Canada, or with Canadian experience. Within a few essays, I concluded this book should be read by all who write creatively, regardless of what ties you may or may not have to Canada, regardless of what branch of storytelling you devote your time to. The essay by Hiromi Goto was one of my faves.

"I began to consciously approach my creative practice as a place to refuse and resist white hegemony even as I worked to disentangle myself from internalized racism. Alongside this learning/unlearning I was also disentangling myself from internalized sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of oppression... This is ongoing work. It is never done.'" The title for this series of essays about writing creatively was changed to Luminous Ink.