The Shoe Project (2017)

Issues of immigration have been front and centre in the news lately. But behind the cacophony of international politics are all the small stories… those of loss and of new beginnings… that we don’t hear so often. The Shoe Project means to change all that. The brainchild of Toronto novelist Katherine Govier, The Shoe Project…

Waiting for the Plane

The paint on her toes, curled against the cold, unearths me. How it begins. This winter light. She has: a dish to sell, and red soil ground into the fold of a letter. Her toes, curled against the cold. She gives me her name. Two bags that hold a spoon for bread, her smile, wide…