James Monroe

James Monroe,writer

James Monroe is a writer from Mississauga with degrees in English and Teaching. He currently works in the Training Department at Canada Post, and enjoys coffee, books, travel, and meeting people different than himself. His writing usually revolves around themes of money, religion, and history. His favourite author is… he thinks it’s silly to have just one favourite author.

Twice Born — Volume 10, Issue 3

Twice Born is a story that earns its title. James Monroe traces one man’s long war with the weight of being alive—the therapy, the travel, the careful building and quiet unravelling of a conventional life—with unflinching honesty and without easy consolation.