<p><i>From the Ashes<\/i> collects solo plays by Black Canadian women and womxn that together celebrate the hope, humour, and healing that can come after devastation and loss. From lighthearted comedies to heavy dramas, this anthology contains a multitude of stories on Blackness, love, motherhood, sexuality, trauma, racism, mythology, and more.<\/p><p>In <i>Georgeena<\/i> by Djanet Sears, a bride speeds down the highway, struggling to make sense of what led her to that moment. In <i>benu<\/i> by d\u2019bi.young anitafrika, a young woman faces motherhood while still coming to terms with her own motherlessness. Makambe K Simamba\u2019s <i>A Chitenge Story<\/i> follows a young woman who travels to her native Zambia to find and confront the man who abused her as a child. Ngozi Paul\u2019s <i>The Emancipation of Ms. Lovely<\/i> chronicles a woman throughout different stages of her life that relate to her sexual awakening. In <i>The Sender<\/i> by Cheryl Foggo, a woman working for a global racism-elimination project encounters some technical difficulties when someone unexpectedly objects to the project\u2019s restrictions. And in Kalale Dalton-Lutale\u2019s <i>Crybaby<\/i>, a young woman falls in love for the first time, which opens a well of questions about her identity. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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