in memoriam
you watch her heaving chest where you once lay sleeping
hoping for it to last & you keep on thinking of the times
when she left & came back for you crying on the first day
of kindergarten … more »
in memoriam
you watch her heaving chest where you once lay sleeping
hoping for it to last & you keep on thinking of the times
when she left & came back for you crying on the first day
of kindergarten … more »
There’s a map of the Philippines that hangs across my bed in a gilded bronze frame. It’s from a 1935 Rand McNally World Atlas. I paid $400 for it ten years ago at an antique shop in Toronto because the … more »
Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, Isabel Kanaan now makes her home in Toronto, Canada. She is an alumna of Seneca College’s Acting for Camera and Voice and Second City’s Conservatory program, and a recipient of the NBC Universal Bob … more »
People often define themselves by what they are and what they can do. The last dinner party conversation you had probably went something like this:
Hey, I’m ___. I’m a lawyer. Or a doctor, or an engineer, or a dentist, … more »
Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell is the author of Stumbling Through Paradise, a novel which chronicles the story of the del Mundo family, who immigrated to Canada from the Philippines in the 1980s. An excerpt of the novel titled “The Angel … more »