Hollay Ghadery, on the perils of being half Iranian and her memoir, Fuse

Hollay Ghadery is is an Iranian-Canadian writer living in Ontario
on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the
University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and
mental health, was released by Guernica Editions (2021) and won
the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her
collection of poetry, Rebellion Box, came out Radiant Press in
2023 and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, is
scheduled for release with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Hollay
is also a book publicist and the Poet Laureate of Scugog
Township. 





I read Hollay’s memoir Fuse back when it came out in 2021, and I
couldn’t believe how applicable the things she wrote about were
for my audience- for biracial or bicultural Iranians raised in
the west grappling with issues of identity, of all the
difficulties and joys of being raised with all these identities,
of the dark sides of it, and the beautiful sides as well. I’m so
excited for y’all to hear our conversation, and of course for you
to experience this book, as I hope you all do.





Related Links:


Hollay’s memoir Fuse

Hollay on instagram