On Writing in the Wound: Author Interview with Literary Titan
In this Literary Titan interview, I reflect on the process of writing Writing in the Wound from within the pressures of immigration precarity.
The conversation moves through music as refuge, and the uneasy labor of making meaning from lived constraint.
It lingers on what it takes to sustain artistic voice while experiencing systemic harm.
The Artsy Raven Podcast
Dr. Shumaila Hemani speaks about turning pain into resilience, confronting the obstacles Canada places before its artists, and following the divine call that fuels her art and purpose. Dr. Shumaila Hemani (Ph.D., M.A., University of Alberta) is an award-winning ethnomusicologist, soundscape composer, and changemaker based in Alberta.
Her debut memoir, Writing in the Wound: Acculturation, Trauma, and Music, tells the story of surviving systemic exclusion and rebuilding a life through art. Blending memory, autoethnography, and poetry, it invites readers to listen to the wounds that shape us—and to the music that helps us heal.
