Joy Kogawa

born in 1935 in Vancouver, lives in Toronto. Her latest work is a book of poems, From the Lost and Found Department, published in November 2023, by McClelland and Stewart, Penguin Random House. She is a long-time member of the Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto.

ARTICLES

Eternity’s light and the door of forgiveness

Joy Kogawa April 1, 2024

Mama never lied. Her eyes were wide with shock as if she could not believe what she had just said. I don’t know what it took for her to speak. She said it was her fault. I couldn’t move. After some time—I don’t remember how long—I walked away from her, past Dad in his room lying in his cot, blanket up to his chin. He knew she had told me. His eyes registered this. I had to go through his room to reach the stairs to my attic room.

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