born December 31, 1966 Chiba-Ken, Japan
father Toranobu Goto - a mushroom farmer
mother Kyoko Kai - a mushroom farmer
immigrated to Canada 1969
University of Calgary B.A. English 1989
raising two children in British Columbia
member of the editorial collective of absinthe literary magazine
co-chair (with Ashok Mather) of the Racial Minority Writers Committee of the Writer's Union of Canada
part of the Calgary Minquon Panchayat
member of the Women of Colour Collective of Calgary
Tea (poems and artwork), Calgary: disOrientation Chapbooks, 1992
Chorus of Mushrooms, Edmonton: NeWest Press, 1994 -- winner of the 1997 Canada Japan Book Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize
contributor, Making a Difference: Canadian Multicultural Literature, Oxford University Press, 1996
contributor, Due West, Edmonton: NeWest Press, 1996
contributor, eye wuz here, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1996
contributor, Literary Pluralities, Peterborough: JCS-Broadview Press, 1998
The Water of Possibility, Coteau Books, 2001
The Kappa Child, Red Deer Press, 2001 -- winner of the 2001 Tiptree Award
contributor, First Chapter: The Canadian Writers Photography Project, by Don Denton, Banff Center Press, 2002
contributor to periodicals including Ms., West Coast Line, Cameo, and Prairie Fire
Where do you get your ideas?
From snatches of conversation. A perfectly arched winter sky. Shades of blue. The fertile ground between myth and dream. A childhood memory shaped. The sound of water. Pain revisited. Political beliefs. Hope.
Hiromi Goto interviewed by Gavin Grant
Hiromi Goto at Athabasca University
Hiromi Goto at Strange Horizons
Hiromi Goto at Women and Texts
Hiromi Goto interviewed by Lisa Loader
Hiromi Goto sample at absinthe magazine
Hiromi Goto's The Kappa Child reviewed by Maggie Siggins of the Winnepeg Free Press
"First Generation Grandmothers: Obachan Naoe and Mui Lan," essay on Hiromi Goto by Ann Barrow
