Mental illness is an experience that varies drastically from person to person — but the importance of receiving and accepting help is true for perhaps everyone.
The novel follows Jessamyn St. Germain, a young aspiring actress with a passion for musical theatre who’s willing to sacrifice everything, including her health, dignity and sanity, for a standing ovation.
A Way to Be Happy is a composite work of new and old writing (three of the eight stories in the book have been previously published), but this mix of new and old leads one to question whether they share anything more in common than an author.
How It Works Out needs a reader who understands that love isn’t always pretty — that attraction can strip someone down to their most raw and animalistic state.
“begin everything with bismillah | in the name of God”
Former UBC English professor Dr. Y-Dang Troeung was thrust into the spotlight at an early age. As a member of one of the last families to escape genocide in Cambodia by seeking refuge in Canada, photos with Pierre Trudeau and countless articles told a story of her family that she spent much of her career reclaiming.
UBC creative writing professor Keith Maillard’s 2023 book, In the Defense of Liberty, is a new entry in a growing field of historical fiction that challenges the retrograde idea that Trans and genderfluid identities are something new.
Gather around everyone for a pumpkin-flavoured fall treat with horror anthology Queer Little Nightmares.
