A Minor Chorus

A Minor ChorusIn the stark expanse of Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation to write a novel, informed by a series of poignant encounters: a heart to heart with fellow doctoral student River over the mounting pressure placed on marginalized scholars; a meeting with Michael, a closeted man from his hometown whose vulnerability and loneliness punctuate the realities of queer life on the fringe. Woven throughout these

Sarat Chestnut

In private houses and public parks

I wasn't supposed to build connections and I definitely wasn't supposed to fall in love

concealing and manipulating evidence

tries to keep the peace and the reputation of the family intact even as she wrestles with her own exile

” from his 1920 book Darkwater

a vital chorus that answers only to God

But when the body of a friend’s mother who was disappeared during Argentina’s military dictatorship was found in a common grave

a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah

blackness and transness actualize themselves as on the run from gender

and identity groups fall short

A girl grows up in Nunavut in the 1970s