{"id":437,"date":"2012-06-15T19:34:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T19:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/wasela-hiyate\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:34:24","slug":"hiyate_wasela","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/hiyate_wasela\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasela Hiyate"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<p>Wasela Hiyate was born in Guyana in the Caribbean, raised in Toronto and lived and worked in numerous countries before returning to Canada. She currently lives in Toronto. Hiyate earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia in 2006. Her thesis, <span class=\"bold\">Jeanne Mance Park and Other Stories<\/span>, features characters living in or traveling through a foreign country or culture. The title story of her collection <em>Travel is So Broadening<\/em> was nominated for the Journey Prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/Travel-is-So-Broadening-book-cover-final.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6828 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/Travel-is-So-Broadening-book-cover-final.jpg\" alt=\"Travel is So Broadening book cover final\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/Travel-is-So-Broadening-book-cover-final.jpg 160w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/Travel-is-So-Broadening-book-cover-final-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 160px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 160\/160;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Fiction (Short stories)<\/h3>\n<h3>Travel is So Broadening<\/h3>\n<p>Toronto: Quattro Books, 2015.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991006495239708636\">PS8615 .I93 T73 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (from its website)<\/h4>\n<p>All nine\u00a0short stories in this collection demonstrate how Travel can be a catalyst for self-discovery. Each one of protagonists in these stories experiences a life-changing epiphany while visiting a place away from home. Some become aware of the social injustices that are hidden in their own country but are revealed in foreign places, some become aware of certain freedoms and possibilities that are not permitted on their own native ground. Some people travel to a place they once called or still call \u201chome\u201d only to discover that \u201chome\u201d is no longer there. In any case, these well-crafted narrative gems subtly and elegantly proclaim that Travel Can be Broadening, that all journeys are spiritual journeys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"bottomborder\">\n<div class=\"narrow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991000809349708636\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2012\/06\/her_mothers_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"115\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 115px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 115\/115;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Anthology (Short stories)<\/h3>\n<h3>Her Mother&#8217;s Ashes 3: Stories by South Asian Women in Canada and the United States<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&#038;docid=alma991000809349708636\">PS8329.1 .H45 2009 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hiyate, Wasela. &#8220;The House Across the Way.&#8221; In <em>Her Mosher&#8217;s Ashes 3<\/em>, edited by Nurjehan Aziz. Toronto: TSAR, 2009, [217]-226.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"narrow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wide\">\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<p>Wasela Hiyate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kond6jWrAts\">video<\/a> from The Kitchen Reading Series (youtube)<\/p>\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/quattrobooks.ca\">Quattro Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mawenzihouse.com\/\">Mawenzi House<\/a> (formerly TSAR)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wasela Hiyate was born in Guyana in the Caribbean, raised in Toronto and lived and worked in numerous countries before returning to Canada. She currently lives in Toronto. 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