How You Were Born

The night you were born I dreamed of a train that surged out of the dark, headlights blazing, furious with light. It bore down on the world, shrieking, a great and terrible movement. You stared, unblinking, and your eyes were fixed on the fading afterimage of wherever you were before we are. You......more

I am a huge fan of short stories and really enjoyed this collection. I like being taken outside of my comfort zone and exploring something I may not usually read. That's the great thing about short stories, you never know what's around the corner in the next story. I highly recommend! My favourites w......more

"How You Were Born" beat out Margaret Atwood and Dionne Brand for the Trillium Award, and it's easy to see why. The stories here are varied, muscular, lyrical, and emotionally resonant. I read and loved Cayley's poetry collection, "When This World Comes to an End" last year, and both books showcase......more

An exceptional collection of short stories that kept me interested and impressed despite being quite outside of what I would normally enjoy. It steers clear of the usual failings of short story collections (overlapping voices, interchangeable characters, repetitive stories) by being essentially unre......more

J'ai lu la version traduite en français. J'ai été attirée à la bibliothèque par la beauté de ce livre, par sa belle couverture (éditions marchandes de feuilles) et le format de celui-ci. J’ai particulièrement aimé la nouvelle ¨poète aveugle¨, l'amour entre deux femmes. L'auteure réussis à nous faire......more