I mostly used my voice to manipulate people. When I dialed my dad’s office and an assistant answered, I’d ask, in a British accent, for her to “put Dr. Isen on the line.” When family friends called ...

Tajja Isen is no stranger to the power and function of language. Words can be loaded or empty, insightful or incendiary. The power of words can also articulate the absurdity of living in a world that ...

Diversity. Inclusion. Representation. Identity. Antiracist. BIPOC. These terms and ideologies have hit the zeitgeist in recent years, but when institutions that are built on not being any of these ...

Isen is the author of Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service In an excerpt from her new book, Tajja Isen explores her longtime obsession with literary whiteness and how she stopped trying with ...

With a new year comes new books, and potentially new challenges for the publishing industry. What should readers watch out for, and what can they look forward to? Writers Jen Sookfong Lee, Makda ...

Tajja Isen, author of Some Of My Best Friends: Essays On Lip Service, Doubleday Canada - Karen Isen Some Of My Best Friends: Essays On Lip Service, by Tajja Isen, Doubleday Canada, 240 pages, $32 In ...

These terms and ideologies have hit the zeitgeist in recent years, but when institutions that are built on not being any of these things use such social justice jargon, we're reminded that it's all ...