Photo credit: Jackson HagnerInterview by Franz Seachel Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performance artist, and community healer. She is the author of the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars, which was chosen by Emma Watson for her online...
PRISM international is proud to share the work of our three winners! First Place “No One Tells You Outright Grandma is an Asshole” by Erin MacNair People don’t tell kids the truth. They say things like sex and drugs...
Tracking Giants: Big Trees, Tiny Triumphs, and Misadventures in the ForestAmanda LewisGreystone, 2023 Review by Kim Trainor We are surrounded by some of the most beautiful and ancient trees on the planet, yet many of us on the west...
The Corrected Version Rosanna Young Oh Diode Editions, 2023 Review by Joanna Acevedo The speaker in Rosanna Young Oh’s The Corrected Version has a complicated relationship with work. As she details the day-to-day experiences of working in her father’s grocery store,...
We are excited to share Emory Brinson’s poem, “poem with resonance.” This piece is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2022 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize and is included in our Spring 2023 issue: 61.3, available for purchase now. Brinson’s...
Two striking pieces of art hang side by side in a small counselling centre in North End Winnipeg. People can’t stop looking at them, asking about the artists, wanting to know the stories behind these bright paintings. The pieces...
Photo credit: Tam Lan TruongInterview by Matthew Rettino Mirabel (whose real name is Avleen K. Mokha) is a 24-year-old award-winning poet originally from Mumbai, India, currently studying speech-language pathology at McGill University. I came to know her well during...
Photo credit: Emily Cooper Photography Review by Victoria McIntyre Is the internet a cult? Are online communities good for us? Is misinformation harmless or dangerous? Is the future of reality virtual? How is technology changing the way we think?...
A Safe Girl to LoveCasey PlettArsenal Pulp Press, 2023 Review by Roz Milner For a few years, Casey Plett’s first book, A Safe Girl to Love, was hard to find. Originally published by Topside Press almost a decade ago,...