Anna Maxymiw with her grandmother.
Anna Maxymiw lives in Toronto. Her first book, The Lodge, is out with McClelland & Stewart in spring 2019.
To my baba:
You told me when I was younger that you wanted to be called Babcia, because Baba sounded too reminiscent of Baba Yaga, that ferocious witch of Slavic folklore who lives in the forest in a hut that stands on chicken’s legs, surrounded by a fence of human bones; who eats wandering children; who can be good or bad, kind or evil, but is always all-knowing and all-powerful. Even as a kid, I knew I was supposed …read more
Source: Macleans
