ABOUT

Hi – I’m a mixed-race writer, researcher, writer, flutist, and teacher currently based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax).

I’m passionate about life stories, and the myriad ways these stories emerge: from traditional diaries, letters, and memoirs, to archival ephemera like photographs, ticket stubs, and lists. I’m also intrigued by the relationships between texts and textiles, and by the ways that women’s life writings have historically often emerged through stitches rather than with words.

I love the rhythm, feel and sound of words in my mouth, the smell and intimacy of archival materials in my hands, the feel of fabric under my fingers, and the whoosh of air as it moves from my body and through my flute.

My memoir, What the Oceans Remember: Searching for Belonging and Home appeared in 2019, and I have published non-fiction, poetry, and fiction in a range of literary journals including Riddle Fence, ROOM, Geist, Pinhole Poetry, and UNLOST, as well as in anthologies.

I was professor of Gender Studies at Memorial University (St. John’s, NL) for fifteen years, and for six years, served as principal flutist and a frequent soloist with the Portland Baroque Orchestra (Oregon).

Cover Photo by Rich Blenkinsopp at Middle Cove Beach, Newfoundland and Labrador.