Water Binds Me to Your Name

In this final public event of Clara Kumagai's residency, she will welcome Saeed Teebi, a writer and lawyer based in Toronto, in conversation. His 2022 debut collection of short stories, Her First Palestinian was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize and the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Award. His forthcoming book is a work of personal non-fiction titled You Will Not Kill Our Imagination.

This event will be followed by a reception in the Piano Lounge, Graham House.

Saeed Teebi is an award-winning writer and lawyer. His debut short story collection, Her First Palestinian, was a finalist for several awards, including the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Prize. His nonfiction has appeared in The Globe and Mail and The New Quarterly. Born in Kuwait, he resettled in the United States, then Canada. He now lives in Toronto. Photo taken by Sarah Köhler.

Series image: Gustave Courbet, The Calm Sea, 1869. The Met; public domain.