Sandra Jensen has a number of short-story and flash-fiction publications in literary journals and magazines and has received a number of awards, including the 2012 bosque Fiction Competition and the J. G. Farrell Award for best novel-in-progress. Born in South Africa, Jensen has British and Canadian citizenship.
“Where are you from?” a man, a black man, asks me at a cocktail party. The answer rolls in my mouth like a rock.
“South Africa,” I say. My voice is bright, my eyes wide, as if I’m participating in a…