Readings

The recent retirees say life after writing is a welcome relief—that they’re happy to join the ranks of those who can hear a story and not have it become an ongoing mental burden. But what’s so great about being like everybody else?

It takes time to find your favourite Chinese food place, and the friends to attend it with. But once you've found it, nothing—not even a murder—can ever keep you away.

Language determines who we are, but we are never just one person. We are many identities, many of whom might hate each other. In that case, language is a tightrope between identities with nothing in common, or an identity long ago lost.