Interview by Emily Chou While I was compiling poems for VULGAR, “Tight Pants” was one that refused to leave my brain. Something about its incredible aural qualities and inviting voice cut through all the noise and I found myself...
Photo by Matthew Narea Questions by Kyla Jamieson Get to know writer Natasha Ramoutar, whose story “Where We Keep the Bodies” is published in our latest issue! Make sure to pick up a copy and consider subscribing to PRISM, so...
Questions by Kyla Jamieson Photo by Dana Jansens Get to know writer Djamila Ibrahim, whose poems “Bloodletting” and “Brine” appear in our winter issue 57.2. If you don’t have the issue yet, have a sneak peak at “Bloodletting”, which we...
Questions by Kyla Jamieson What’s happening around you—either right around you or outside of where you are? My front gate just slammed shut. A kid is yelling. A baby cries in the apartment across the courtyard from me. It’s...
Questions by Kyla Jamieson
Photo by Alannah Sawatsky
Get to know writer, PhD candidate and creative organizer Sanchari Sur, whose story, “The Lady and the Beard,” appears in our Dreams issue, 57.1.
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Interview by Molly Cross-Blanchard, questions by Kyla Jamieson Samantha is a Cree/Métis writer and poet from Northeastern BC. Her family originally comes from Ile-a-la-Crosse (Sakitawak), Saskatchewan. She has been published in Red Rising Magazine, Shameless Magazine, SAD Mag, GUTs Magazine, and others....
Interview by Kyla Jamieson
Anita Cheung is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur and creative who recently launched one of our new favourite websites, whereareyoureallyfrom.org (WAYRF), which features the portraits of twenty-one women of colour alongside interview clips and insights. The project evolved from Cheung’s personal investigation into what it means to be a woman of colour, particularly in our current political climate. “We are just as diverse and complex as our white counterparts,” Cheung says, and she wanted to hear “how others saw and experienced their own coloured-ness.”
Interview by Kyla Jamieson Andrea Gibson is a highly quotable and influential poet at the forefront of the spoken-word movement who has headlined prestigious performance venues across the United States and abroad. Born in Calais, Maine, Gibson now resides...
Interview by Jessica Johns
Hello, friends. Meet Adebe DeRango-Adem, a doctoral candidate in English at the University of Pennsylvania and author of two full-length poetry collections: Ex Nihilo, nominated for the prestigious Dylan Thomas Prize and Terra Incognita, which was a finalist for the 2015 Pat Lowther award. Her newest poetry collection is forthcoming from Mansfield Press. After reading Selina Boan’s Get to Know with Liz Howard, Adebe reached out and introduced herself. After reading some of her work online (her WordPress site is astounding), I asked if she’d like to be a part of the series.