The search for the man behind the first Canadian hip hop single reveals the inequity in how creative contributions are remembered.

The author of Taking a Long Look on neighbourhoods, lost writers, and transitional generations. 

The author of Dog Flowers on the tactility of weaving, the complicated nature of writing about family, and being “ghost-sick.”

The author of Girls Against God on self-censorship, feeling liberated from form and logic, and writing to exist.

The author of The Thirty Names of Night on navigating coming out, the wisdom of survival, and the possibility of infinite genders.

Like most of us during lockdown, my life has slowed and grown much smaller. So I am answering all of these special letters.