Fiona Tinwei Lam
Fiona Tinwei Lam is a Vancouver writer and teacher.
Website: www.fionalam.net
Stories by Fiona Tinwei Lam
The Landfill Is No Place for Vancouver's Character Homes
A disposable city doesn't do much for affordability, either.
In Defence of Single Moms
My family is rooted outside the nuclear archetype. Bring on the assumptions.
Something's Cooking in the Classroom
Vancouver's Project Chef program is a recipe for kids and healthy eating that works.
Verse for Hurt Women, Known and Still Hidden
Two poems to break the silence of gender-based violence, at home and abroad.
'How to Expect What You're Not Expecting'
For those who suffer great loss during pregnancy, often 'no words exist.' But a new book gives voice.
Today, Think of Hurt Women Near and Far
Though violence lingers, we commemorate those acting to stop it. Plus, a poem.
Ode to Thankfulness
This long weekend, consider gratitude for the most ordinary things. Some verse to start off.
Imagine 'Life Without' Wrongful Convictions
With new book, activist Ken Klonsky fights for justice through both fact and fiction.
What's Behind BC's Doors?
Click through to see more enchanting doors perceived by Tyee readers across the province.
Celebrating the Difficult Mother
A salute to tired, mercurial, fierce moms like mine. Plus, a poem for this weekend.
Race, Violence, Kids: Watching 'Hunger Games' with My 10-Year-Old Son
I agonized for weeks, and then we dove in together.
Beyond the Underground Railroad
Let's keep celebrating black people's integral contributions to Canadian society, past and present.
The End of Love
On Valentine's Day, a cynic finds refuge in poems about love, rather than love poetry.
Fred Wah: 'All Creativity Is Political'
Canada's new poet laureate on writing for the Queen's Jubilee, racial hybridity, making Juk soup, and more.
Poetry for Remembrance
Words shape how we remember war, and the right ones heal. Plus, a poem for today.
'Eating Dirt'
After 20 years of tree-planting, Charlotte Gill was ready to sprout a book as complex and crystalline as the forest itself.
For All the World's Ground Zeroes, Poetry
When the towers fell, St. Paul's Chapel was a nearby refuge. Ten years later, I paid my tribute there with other Canadian poets.
Madeleine Thien on Making Fragments Whole
The author of 'Dogs at the Perimeter' on genocide, its aftermath, and fiction's unique fire. A Tyee interview.
Father's Day: Its Origin, Its Meaning
Born of a mining disaster, a day to savour tenderness, or mourn its loss.
Music as Path out of Poverty
Why are we stingy with children's musical education? A miraculous program from Venezuela strikes a chord of hope that could resonate powerfully here.
Mother's Day's Radical Roots
The mom who started it all worked for peace and community activism, saying a firm no to commercialization.
The Hole in the Middle: Gambling, Families and Politicians
Financial wreckage caused by gambling addicts hurts spouses, kids. Why does our government bet on more sad losers?
'Everything Was Good-bye,' a Canadian Romeo and Juliet
BC Book Prize winner Gurjinder Basran on constricted girlhood, arranged marriage, a mother's pride and more.
Education Without Barriers: The 'Hum' Success Story
In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, students bring rich perspectives to the study of university-level humanities.
Go Ahead, Write a Love Poem
To anyone, or anything. You don't have to be in a blissful relationship to celebrate life.
Fear of Ghosts: Vancouver's Hospice Uproar
Instead of demonizing some Chinese immigrants for how they conceive of death, let's take this opportunity to face mortality together.
My Chinese Mother Was No 'Tiger,' and Yet...
Stepping into the furor stirred by Amy Chua's 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.'
Fifty Drops at a Time
Reflections of a contributor to 'Walk Myself Home: An Anthology to End Violence Against Women.'
For Evelyn Lau, Poetry Is Life and Death
The author of 'Living Under Plastic' talks about mortality and confessional writing. And shares a poem.
Amber Dawn's Sex Worker Underworld
The author of 'Sub Rosa' on empowering the sexually exploited, speculative fiction, Evelyn Lau as hero, and more.
Moving Words: How Poetry Got on the Bus
BC's Poetry in Transit program launches this year's poems for public transit.
Rediscovering Our Parents: Memory and Mystery
Author Judy Fong Bates on the sacrifice of the soul that immigrants make, family mysteries, and going 'home' for the first time.
Discovering the Soul of Chinese New Year
Growing up, the holiday didn't mean much. Now my child helps me see what we're celebrating.
