Phoebe Ka-Ir Wang

Toronto

  • So many boat words

    So many boat words

    “Boat Words,” an essay on sailing terminology is in the new issue of Brick 111 which can be ordered here: Here’s an excerpt: A rope on a boat is never a rope, but a line, sheet, or halyard. The boat doesn’t turn left or right, but to port or starboard. If you’re walking to the…

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  • What to Grab Onto: A Newcomer’s Guide to Toronto’s Literary Huddle

    Last week at the Coach House Wayzgoose I met a couple of the first year U of T MA in Creative Writing students, reminding me of how, just 5 years ago, my classmates and I finished our graduate department orientation in the early sun-dazed week of September and headed to another kind of orientation in bpNichol Lane. Those first…

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  • A Restless Home

    I’ve spent the past 10 days in my parents’ tiny but airy apartment overlooking Commercial Drive, a noisy and electric hippie enclave on the east side of Vancouver. Although this apartment was my live-and-workspace for a few wayward years after my undergrad years at UBC, I’ve been beset by an uneasy sense of homelessness since…

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