Alisa Maya

When I started this job a year ago, I had $4 left in my bank account. This is the closest to poor I have ever been. For me this was a...

When I think of travel, I think of my Mother. From the early-2000s, my Mother and I travelled everywhere together. My dad has never been...

"His world? No, I don't think so...To be frank, I think his world had vanished long before he ever entered it. But I will say, he...

I've spent many hours watching crime documentaries. Stories about serial killers, about homicides that were never solved.Before the...

I’ve noticed ants everywhere in the house lately. On the walls, the shoe cabinet, on my desk. It’s as if the house knows, and the insects...

(Photo belongs to Netflix) My favourite part of the “Anne with an E” series is that Anne is not a hero. She is a deeply flawed...

I spent the whole of April getting through this book, a semi-autobiography of Winterson's, for two reasons. The first was that I kept...

The other day a friend sent me a quote that I really liked from writer Elizabeth Gilbert. It goes: "Dear Ones – Years ago, when I was...

It's been too long since I updated this website. Here is a piece I wrote and read last August at a reading at BooksActually. :)...

(Source in hyperlink) The Invisibility of Anxiety When does anxiety become a mental health issue? Anxiety is an affliction that is more...