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Casey Plett
Casey Plett's first collection of short stories, A Safe Girl to Love, won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction in 2015. Raised in Winnipeg, she lives in Windsor, Ont.
Latest from Casey Plett
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Warm Blanket
There's gotta be more to that story: Finding solace in the delirious beauty of Mitch Hedberg's jokes
For Casey Plett, the legendary comedian's humour has been perfect company for the absurd tedium of pandemic life.
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I He(art) My City
An artist's guide to falling in love with Windsor: Riverside views and a restaurant in an old house
Windsor is a city with some peculiar claims to fame — but writer Casey Plett is discovering everything that makes it such a sweet and strange place.
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Point of View
More fear, more love, more honesty: A call for intimacy in works from marginalized writers
Writer and transgender advocate Casey Plett reflects on how writing for your own community means ending up with better books — for all readers.
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Point of View
Before you write about a transgender character, read this
Windsor-based author Casey Plett has a "brazen request" for creators who write about transgender characters in 2017.