Interview by David Ly 2021 Dayne Oglivie finalist jaye simpson’s debut it was never going to be okay explores intergenerational trauma, queerness, and Indigeneity through intimate and raw poetry and prose. What follows is a conversation between jaye and...
Interview by jaz papadopoulos Rios de la Luz’s debut novella, Itzá (Broken River Books, 2017), tells the story of a young water witch, Marisol, and explores trauma, healing, and growth. jaz papadopoulos: First, I want to say that I...
Interview by Uche UmezurikePhoto Credit: City of Edmonton Nisha Patel’s debut poetry collection, Coconut (NeWest Press, 2021), resounds as a metaphoric laugh in the face of strictures and resists the lure of propriety. Through poetry as expansive as it...
Photo Credit: Dario Lozano-ThorntonInterview by Chimedum Ohaegbu Francesca Ekwuyasi’s debut novel, Butter Honey Pig Bread (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020), was a contender for Canada Reads and was long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The book moves through three perspectives,...
Interview by A.N. Higgins Kiran Bhat is a novelist, short story writer, and poet who has travelled all over the world. When we spoke, he was based out of Sydney, Australia, but he never stays in one place for...
Interview by Leslie Palleson Katherine Fawcett is the author of two collections of short stories, Little Washer of Sorrows (Thistledown Press, 2015), shortlisted for the ReLit Short Fiction Award and for a Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature...
Photo Credit: Etye SarnerReview by Janice Weizman We all have a fascination with the paradox of genius; on one hand, individuals touched by extraordinary gifts have, by definition, access to realms and abilities that are out of reach to...
Interview by Uche Umezurike Saddiq Dzukogi’s upcoming collection of poetry, Your Crib, My Qibla (to be released by University of Nebraska Press on March 1, 2021), proceeds the death of his daughter, Baha, who died on December 12, 2017––twenty-one days...
Interview by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike Peter Midgley’s latest collection, let us not think of them as barbarians (NeWest Press, 2019), is a “sensual and intimate” exploration and reconfiguration of Namibia’s history, philosophy, and relationship to the present. It was...