Ashley Fortier

Hazel Jane Plante is a queer trans librarian and writer. Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) is her first novel. She currently lives in Vancouver on… Read More »‘We need delight to keep us going’: an interview with Metonymy’s latest author, Hazel Jane Plante

Find out more about the new memoir that Billy-Ray Belcourt describes as “a tour-de-force of vulnerability, testimony, wit, camp, and critique.”

nîtisânak launches in a matter of weeks, but in the meantime, here’s an excerpt:

It’s been over two months since I gave birth and 11 weeks since I left the Metonymy Press office for a scheduled hospital check-up, only to be rushed up to triage and eventually admitted. Thus began my hiatus from the company, many days and many to-do list items before I was ready.