Reimagining our History

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This a photo of Lee Maracle, Shawn Salik, Mia Herrera, Rabindranath Maharaj, Priscila Uppal, Pratap Reddy, Alicia Elliott, Pasha Malla, and Sheniz Janmohamed.Diaspora Dialogues invites you to join us for a weekend of readings reimagining Canadian history. Our country’s defining attributes are its multiculturalism and inclusivity. Yet, we tend to tell Canadian history through the eyes of the white settler. For Doors Open 2016, Diaspora Dialogues has invited some of city’s finest writers, spoken word artists, and playwrights to explore a moment or figure from Canadian history reimagined through a more diverse and inclusive lens.

Saturday May 28, 2016, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday May 29, 2016, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Old City Hall, Court Room 121
60 Queen Street West

FEATURING:

Hosted by: Dianah Smith, writer, teacher, and arts educator.

Readings are happening throughout the entire weekend so be sure to stop by Old City Hall between taking in other historical sites at Doors Open.

Tickets:
FREE
Available here.

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Stephanie struggled to shove her feet into red stilettos outside the cheap-looking door she’d just closed. As her foot found its nook, toes reassuringly squeezed by reinforced satin, she thought she could hear the man on the other side of the door, just barely audible: “Fucking squaw bitch.” She expected a lot of things from the man she just left, but she was thinking more along the lines of an exasperated sigh, maybe even something whipped fast and hard at the door . . .

The Revisitation Process

Revisiting personal experiences for the purpose of fictionalizing them was painful at times. I had to pace myself in writing some of the heavier sections of the novel. I realized that my ideal of “writing everyday” had to be set aside sometimes . . .