This book first appeared in the 1983 Issue 16 of Fireweed, a Canadian feminist quarterly. In these pages women of colour speak about their lives for the first time in Canadian Feminist literature. They touch on racism, sexism, classism, imperialism and other 'isms. Contributors include Himani Bannerji, Claire Harris, Nila Gupta, Sylvia Hamilton, Prabha Khosla, Cecilia Green, Claire Preito and many others.
This powerful collection includes essays, short stories, poems, photographs, illustrations and graphics by Black women, Asian women and Native women. Sisters from the Philippines and Central America also speak out. The issues the address are relevant to women of colour the world over.

Nila Gupta was born in Montreal and spent the early years of her life in Jammu, India before her family immigrated to Canada in 1967. She is the winner of the 2004 K.M. Hunter Award for Literature. Gupta has written and directed several short films as well as written and performed for the stage. She is currently completing an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph-Humber.

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