Joy Kogawa House, October 2022
![Photo of Katherine Lawrence reading from Black Umbrella at Joy Kogawa House with four other attendees sitting and listening](https://www.shaenalambert.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Katherine-Lawrence-reading-from-Black-Umbrella-1024x768.jpg)
Award-winning Saskatchewan poet Katherine Lawrence was in Vancouver at Joy Kogawa House in October, releasing her new book of poetry, Black Umbrella. I interviewed her – and it was a heady and yet grounding experience. This book is so thoughtful and moving. To meet and discuss writing and art in Joy Kogawa’s childhood home is such an intimate pleasure.
![Photo of authors Katherine Lawrence and Ethel Whitty at Joy Kogawa House](https://www.shaenalambert.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Authors-Katherine-Lawrence-and-Ethel-Whitty-1200x900.jpg)