One and Half of You
One and Half of You is a memoir that begins with the author’s growing up biracial on rural Vancouver Island. Not fitting in at school, she turns for comfort to her brother, who is in many ways the opposite of her. Only when she moves from the Island to the mainland does she meet another like her. Through sinuous language, risk, and surprising humour, this hybrid work explores sibling and romantic love, and the complexities of being a biracial person looking for completion in another. Includes links to recordings of three songs.
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The Gift: A Story & Music
For years, she watched his music videos and interviews. Long before they met, she felt a kinship to his deeper self, and knew that one day they’d come together. She doesn’t tell him how, in order to create, she needs to break beautiful things.
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by Leanne Dunic & the Deep Cove
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Illustrations by Gabrielle Bates
To Love the Coming End
In To Love the Coming End, a disillusioned author obsessed with natural disasters and ‘the curse of 11’ reflects on their own personal earthquake: the loss of a loved one. A lyric travelogue that moves between Singapore, Canada, and Japan, this debut from Leanne Dunic captures what it’s like to be united while simultaneously separated from the global experience of trauma, history, and loss that colour our everyday lives.
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US Version: https://bit.ly/2GP8zdl
Published in The Capilano Review
Published in The Capilano Review / Poetry Pause
Published in Kyoto Journal