This discussion of Dionne Brand's novel What We All Long For focuses on the degree to which the second-generation characters are able to feel at home in Toronto. The article treats the city as the location where immigration, Blackness, racism, and other social factors meet and analyzes how each character negotiates space in his or her efforts to claim a home.
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