In November 2019, the Globe and Mail published an essay of mine in their “First Person” section. It was republished in August 2020 as one of the five most-read essays of the year.

It is about a strange experience that I had at the Canada-US border, but also — and more importantly — about being a woman travelling alone through the world, the assumptions she must navigate, and the simultaneous privilege and burden of self-sufficiency. It was originally titled “There’s Someone in No One.” Read it here!

The backseat of my car, after various border officials had searched my belongings.

Faulkner’s house in Oxford, Mississippi, when I finally arrived!