I spend a lot of time on the streets and buses and in the coffee shops and markets of Vancouver, where I see people I don’t know up close and from a distance. Sometimes I think they are the reason I go downtown so much. They remind me of what Thomas Bernhard said about reading, how he thought skimming some books is just as valuable as reading others entirely and repeatedly …
Bio:
Tanya Tomasch is a Canadian writer, musician, and translator who grew up in Austria and Czechia and now lives in Vancouver. Her work is also appearing in issues 8 and 9 of Thimbleberry.