Category Archives: Reviews

Sixteen Years After: The Story Behind a Story in a 1997 issue of PRISM

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

In 1997, PRISM published a story, called “Young Lion Across the Water,” by Thomas Kennedy. A week ago, we received a request from Thomas for a copy of issue 36.1, in which the piece appears. In exchange for the issue … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme Ivan Coyote and Zena Sharman, eds. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011 Reviewed by Sigal Samuel “Are you attracted to women more feminine than you? Then you’re butch. Are you attracted to women more masculine than … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Pretty, by Greg Kearney

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Pretty By Greg Kearney Exile, 2011 Reviewed by Veronique West Awkward, overweight, washed-up, sexually-frustrated, disenchanted: the incredibly average misfits who people Greg Kearney’s set of short stories are anything but pretty – and therein lies their appeal. Kearney’s narratives are … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Girlwood

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Girlwood By Jennifer Still Brick Books, 2011 Reviewed by Leah Horlick I first encountered Jennifer Still’s nest as a chapbook released by JackPine Press in 2010. Enveloped in a macrame and cross-stitched pouch crafted from 1970s upholstery, Still’s poems were … Continue reading →

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Review: A Walker in the City

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

A Walker in the City By Meira Cook Brick Books Reviewed by Erin Flegg Poet Meira Cook’s latest collection of poetry, A Walker in the City,presents the reader with an interesting challenge. To keep pace, the reader has to maintain the … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: THE CHAIRS ARE WHERE THE PEOPLE GO

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

The Chairs Are Where People Go: How To Live, Work, and Play in the City By Misha Glouberman with Sheila Heti Faber and Faber  Reviewed by Cara Woodruff Excerpt to be featured in PRISM international 50:1 “There’s a thoughtlessness in … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: The Midnight Disease

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer’s Block, and the Creative Brain By Alice Weaver Flaherty Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Reviewed by Erika Thorkelson Alice W. Flaherty remembers the moment she went from being a scientist to being a writer—it … Continue reading →

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Review: Arrivals and Departures

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

Arrivals and Departures By Nina Berkhout Buschek Books Reviewed by Kevin Spenst As if a small museum of metaphor and simile, Nina Berkhout’s fourth collection of poetry, Arrivals and Departures, (BuschekBooks) displays a masterful framing narrative excavated from the emotions … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Gangson

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

Gangson by Andy Weaver NeWest Press Reviewed by Jordan Abel On the bus, I read through Andy Weaver’s latest entry—Gangson, NeWest Press—a collection of poems, a rectangular mustard coloured book. And the language surprises me because each word seems in … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: After Canaan

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing and Region By Wayde Compton Arsenal Pulp Press Reviewed by Kaitlin Fontana In an essay in his new collection, After Canaan, called “The Repossession of Fred Booker,” about (among others) writing, race, rap, lit … Continue reading →

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