“To encounter Vivek Shraya’s work for the first time — poetry, music, performance, film, art, books — is akin to falling in love. That back of neck tingle; the recognition that we’re bodies built from emotion; that we all have a deep impulse toward call and response; and, like with any compassionate love, it beckons an opportunity to be our best selves and carry that into the world. Shraya, a Toronto-based powerhouse investigating identity, gender, race, place and everything in between, creates work that nips at the margins, tears at seams and is comfortable asking more questions than it can answer.”

Full interview.