'I've always loved how in TV shows or even ensemble movies, you spent some time with some characters, some intense time with them. So the idea of a book of stories that focused on those questions became really interesting to me.' A cast of characters They were part of the book, but they weren't the focus. I had written a lot of fiction before where romantic and sexual relationships were in the background. 'I think this book is about relationships and love and sex. This book is about relationships and love and sex. That's when I thought maybe I have another book of stories in the end. I finished that story around the spring of 2019. 'I had the first story in the book kicking around for like a few years. That was harmful to me.'Ĭalling all writers! The 2022 CBC Short Story Prize is now open for submissions So, because I saw no three-dimensional real people when I was younger, that was hurtful to me. But people also do a lot of really evil crap at some point in their life. But there were hardly any stories about the trans people that I saw. When I was younger, I saw a lot of trans people. That's just not the reality of how most people's lives go. They were either these evil people who are deceivers and who are 'crazy' - or these beautiful 'Disney hero angels' who are beset by tragedy, but could do no wrong or were struggling against the harsh world. Trans characters were either heroes or villains. ''When I was younger, I didn't see many trans people - but there were no stories about the trans people I did see. Plett spoke to CBC Books about A Dream of a Woman. Her first short story collection, A Safe Girl to Love, was published in 2014. Her novel Little Fish won a Lambda Literary Award, Amazon First Novel Award and the Firecracker Award for Fiction. Plett is a Canadian writer who was born in Manitoba and has lived in Oregon and New York. The collection of short stories explores partnership, sexuality, addiction, romance and love.Ī Dream of a Woman is longlisted for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Casey Plett's short story collection A Dream of a Woman finds quiet truths in Prairie high-rises and New York warehouses, in freezing Canadian winters and drizzly Oregon days.

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