

Social media: The Philistine
The Philistine still gets a steady trickle of love and attention, which is astonishing to me. How lucky am I. This recent one is an IG...
12 minutes ago


Review: Literary Review of Canada
Received this wonderful review today from the Literary Review of Canada . It's glowing and affirming and stunning, and left me a little...
Apr 14


Review: Scout Magazine
Vancouver's Scout Magazine included this lovely review in their Spring Book Club. Thanks to Thalia Stopa for this! Probably my favourite...
Apr 8


Review: Montreal Review of Books
The talented Léa Murat-Ingles interviewed me for the Montreal Review of Books , which came out earlier this month, March 2025. Ever ...
Mar 31


My Thievery is OUT
Very excited to see My Thievery of the People head out the door all alone. So brave! There are several events coming up, and one already...
Mar 7


Interview: Chassés-croisés
The best thing about being interviewed for the TV5 show Chassés-croisés was meeting the incandescent Sophie Foiron. She's as warm and...
Nov 18, 2024


Poem: Kinship
I wrote this poem some time after the assault on Gaza, then read it in December at the Poets Against War! event I co-hosted with Norman...
Jan 30, 2024


Review: The Philistine
How amazing to find this recent review on Instagram, especially now as Gaza lies under the rubble of frenzied revenge. It's a real gift...
Nov 9, 2023


THIS MAGAZINE: Zora
This Magazine published my story Zora in their Summer Reading issue. The most amazing thing about it is the illustration! By the uber...
Sep 27, 2023


Eulogy for Emily
My mother died on August 23, 2022, at the age of 88. A long life, dementia at the end to allow her to go out in style. Fuck dementia....
Sep 7, 2022


Where is My Country
This poem was published in the April 2022 edition of Font (fontmag.ca). The accompanying photo is a something I took in Egypt many moons...
May 1, 2022


Review: "A story that asks to be heard"
I sent my novel to the reviewer at Seven Circumstances a couple of years ago. She has reviewed several LLP books and I like her honest...
Aug 22, 2021


Where Trend Meets Tradition
North American Podcast looks at the overlapping phenomenon and cultures between the US and Canada. In September, Lia Grainger contacted...
Dec 14, 2020


BlueMet: Love Came Here
The festival Metropolis Bleu asked me and a handful of other writers to write about a place, landmark or monument in Montreal. I chose...
Jul 27, 2020


Review: "Art, Love, Family in Cairo and Palestine"
This review is among the best I've ever received for The Philistine. It's kind of left me breathless. How honoured I feel to have had...
Jul 17, 2020