[pronounce]

Authors

  • Doretta Lau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/cl.vi261.199768

Abstract

Read the full poem on Canadian Literature's website at https://canlit.ca/article/pronounce1/.

Author Biography

Doretta Lau

Doretta Lau started watching horror movies at age nine and sketch comedy at eleven, which was probably why she ended up completing an MFA in Writing at Columbia University. The Atlantic named her short story collection, How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?, as a best book of 2014. The title story was shortlisted for the 2013 Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Her forthcoming novel We Are Underlings is out fall 2026 with House of Anansi Press. She developed a television pilot based on this book with Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Eboni Booth. Visit https://dorettalau.com.

Published

Dec. 17, 2025 (UTC)

How to Cite

Lau, Doretta. “[pronounce]”. Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review, no. 261, Dec. 2025, pp. 91-92, doi:10.14288/cl.vi261.199768.

Issue

No. 261 (2025): Swirling into a Field of Life: Works in Conversation with Y-Dang Troeung

Section

[gather]