Trish Salah is an Arab Canadian writer, activist, cultural critic and university professor based in Toronto.
In this special CBC Books' video series, Salah talks about the legacy of her groundbreaking poetry collection Lyric Sexology and how LGBTQ authors are creating space within Canadian literature.
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CBC Books' Why I Write series features Canadian authors speaking on what literature means to them. Shot on location at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre during the 2018 Canadian Writers' Summit, the series asks authors what motivated them to write their latest work, what themes readers should take away from the work and what excites them about the current national literature scene in general.
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