Shauna Singh Baldwin

Shauna Singh Baldwin is the author of three novels: WHAT THE BODY REMEMBERS, THE TIGER CLAW and THE SELECTOR OF SOULS. Her short fiction collections are: ENGLISH LESSONS AND OTHER STORIES, and WE ARE NOT IN PAKISTAN. Awards include The Writers’ Union of Canada prize, the CBC Literary Prize, the Commonwealth Prize - Best Book (Canada-Caribbean), and a Giller Prize shortlisting. In 2016, her play WE ARE SO DIFFERENT NOW was staged in Toronto, and RELUCTANT REBELLIONS: NEW AND SELECTED NON-FICTION was published.

Her Brother’s Sister

Roziana unfurls a violet yoga mat on the studio’s laminate floor. From wicker bins at the back of the room, she chooses a pair of mauve blocks, a purple strap to match, and a crimson blanket for what Paula calls her “sitz bones.” She sets up, facing the dazzle of the river beyond the ceiling-to-floor windows. That way, her view will change with each pose.

Issue 72, April 2023

Shauna Singh Baldwin

Shauna Singh Baldwin is the author of three novels: WHAT THE BODY REMEMBERS, THE TIGER CLAW and THE SELECTOR OF SOULS. Her short fiction collections are: ENGLISH LESSONS AND OTHER STORIES, and WE ARE NOT IN PAKISTAN. Awards include The Writers’ Union of Canada prize, the CBC Literary Prize, the Commonwealth Prize - Best Book (Canada-Caribbean), and a Giller Prize shortlisting. In 2016, her play WE ARE SO DIFFERENT NOW was staged in Toronto, and RELUCTANT REBELLIONS: NEW AND SELECTED NON-FICTION was published.

Her Brother’s Sister

Roziana unfurls a violet yoga mat on the studio’s laminate floor. From wicker bins at the back of the room, she chooses a pair of mauve blocks, a purple strap to match, and a crimson blanket for what Paula calls her “sitz bones.” She sets up, facing the dazzle of the river beyond the ceiling-to-floor windows. That way, her view will change with each pose.

Issue 72, April 2023

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