Lori Sebastianutti is a writer from Stoney Creek, Ontario. Her experiences as the child of Italian-Catholic immigrants growing up in Hamilton figure considerably in her creative nonfiction. So do her struggles with anxiety, depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and sensorineural hearing loss. Central to the essay collection she building is how first-generation settler Canadians try to navigate spiritual and cultural traditions in the face of the mandate to build a new world that is sustainable, equitable, and just.

Lori’s essays have been published in Canadian and American journals, including The Hamilton Review of Books, The Humber Literary Review, The New Quarterly, Queen’s Quarterly, The Toronto Star, Porcupine Literary, Serotonin Poetry, Nurture, Syncopation Literary Journal and Broadview Magazine. Her essays have appeared in An Anthology of Canadian Birth Stories, (Praeclarus Press), So Heavy a Weight: Creative Writers on Women’s Reproductive Health, (Fulcrum Publishing) and Serotonin. An Anthology of Poetry and Prose on Mental Illness and Suicide Prevention (Serotonin Press).