We are excited to share Jason JS Barton’s short story, “Maury’s Lake”. This piece was the Runner-Up Prize Winner of the 2024 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. Judge Jackie Ess had this to say about the short story:...
Sugaring Off by Fanny Britt, translated by Susan OuriouBook*hug Press, 2024 Review by Michelle HardyWhen French-Canadian celebrity chef Adam Dumont accidentally smashes his rental surfboard into the knee of local nineteen-year-old Celia Smith off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard,...
BroughtupsyChristina Cooke House of Anansi Press, 2024 Review by Laurence Lewis Neal To read Broughtupsy is to exist, for the duration of its pages, inside a rip. Playing with form allows authors to communicate something visceral, and Christina Cooke’s...
Marrow Memory: Essays of DiscoveryMargaret NowaczykWolsak & Wynn, 2024 Review by Stephanie Cesca Could Dostoyevsky be the answer to receiving an accurate medical diagnosis? As Margaret Nowaczyk explains in Marrow Memory, her beautifully written and compelling collection of essays,...
In this Double Feature, PRISM international is proud to share Deborah Vail’s review of Kathryn Mockler’s book Anecdote, followed by Vail’s interview with the author. Anecdotes Kathryn MocklerBook*hug Press, 2023 Diving into Anecdotes, Kathryn Mockler’s unique debut collection of...
Photo credit: Judy Laing Review by Feroz Rather I read Leila Aboulela’s latest novel, River Spirit, soon after it was published in March of last year, admiring how the author endows her Muslim women characters with distinct voices and...
trust the bluer skies Meditations on Fatherhoodpaulo da costaUniversity of Regina Press, 2024 Review by Irene Marques trust the bluer skies Meditations on Fatherhood is a memoir that recounts, in vivid detail, da costa’s six-month stay in Portugal, the...
Incrementallyby Penn KempHem Press, 2023 Review by Richard-Yves Sitoski “Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it.” – Ursula K. Le Guin Who hasn’t...
nature felt but never apprehendedby Angela PeñaredondoNoemi Press, 2023 Review by Brian Stephens This frank collection of poetry by Angela Peñaredondo (she/they) manages the wondrous feat of being bracing yet elegant in its delivery: like a pour of chartreuse...
