"(What do you write with?) Trepidation sometimes, courage at others, and a nagging curiosity mostly. (2020)"

"Poetry is a kind of nonfiction, through which awe—fear and wonder—can, oddly, be grounded and grounding. (2020)"

"I don’t write about my life, but my experience of life certainly influences how I imagine characters act and react. A…"

"(What is the responsibility of the writer?) To find the right word. The only word that will work. The right image. To…"

"(What book would you send to the leader of a government that imprisons writers? ) Beloved by Toni Morrison, Coetzee’s…"

"Shani Mootoo scrutinizes the treacheries of language and longing as well the very acts of remembering and recording. …"

"Shani Mootoo explores racial and religious diversity, and ambiguities of gender, to pose fundamental questions about …"