Antonio Michael Downing: “The mask is how we unleash [our stories]”

June 1, 2021Arts, Life, MusicAntonio Michael Downing, Authors, Memoir, Saga Boy, Sexual Abuse, Trinidad, Writingstoryuntold

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Raised “in the lush rainforest of southern Trinidad,” Antonio Michael Downing’s life was interrupted at age 11 when his caretaker grandmother passed. Uprooted and sent to live in Canada, Downing arrived in northern Ontario in a tiny, frostbitten community with no other Black people besides his Auntie Joan. In Saga Boy: My Life of Blackness … Continue reading Antonio Michael Downing: “The mask is how we unleash [our stories]” →

Greg Gilhooly: “Now matter how bad things get, there’s a reason to keep going”

September 27, 2018Health, Life, SportsGraham James, Greg Gilhooly, Hockey, I Am Nobody, Sexual Abusestoryuntold

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What happens after the worst imaginable comes true? How do you pick up and carry on? In I Am Nobody, first-time author Greg Gilhooly attempts to answer that question. *Note: Story contains sensitive content* Gilhooly was a rising star — straight-A student and promising goaltender — when he met hockey coach Graham James in Winnipeg in … Continue reading Greg Gilhooly: “Now matter how bad things get, there’s a reason to keep going” →