Dorothy Leung | The Walrus

An illustration where, in the background, a woman walks into a house, her head tilted up. In the foreground, at the bottom of the front steps, her daughter looks towards her mother. The house has stained glass windows and light pours out from them onto the steps.

May 2021 / Memoir

The House That Mum Built

April 21, 2021May 7, 2021 - by Dorothy Leung

Touring the homes of Frank Lloyd Wright helped me see what my architect mother had always wanted in life

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Illustration of a blue car parked on the curb. In the front windshield is a sign that reads "YARD SALE TODAY."

Calico

May 22, 2020 - by Dorothy Leung

A short story about suspicious neighbours and a rescued pet

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An illustration of a car about to collide with a white goat, illuminated in its headlights. On the side of the road, a crowd of people watch and react in surprise.

Fiction / March 2020

Witness

February 7, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Dorothy Leung

In this short story, a family in Guyana visits a cousin in a state asylum

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