My intention was never to write a "trans novel" - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I always work with text orally in the writing process, saying passages aloud to measure flow. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
Making music has been connected to one of my greatest heartaches, because my own music has never quite connected with audiences. But… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I couldn't write about love without writing about hate - specifically, how the experience of hatred embeds itself in the body and… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I am more likely to get paid for my art if it's presented alongside a white artist, so the questions around value and agency… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I used singing as a safety measure. I would pay attention to what songs the popular girls liked, learn those songs from the radio… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
My intention was never to write a "trans novel" - which is perhaps an effective strategy for writing a trans novel. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I especially worry about the ways Canadians can be glib about our supposed difference from the US in our "acceptance" of "diversity." — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I tend to focus less on genre as a starting point and more on idea or intention and let the idea dictate genre. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
Despite the fact that I'm not highly skilled in any visual art, aesthetics have always played a strong role in my art, including my… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
In my thirties, I have felt a greater urgency to make art that highlights what it feels like to be racialized, likely due to… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
