Cover Photo: W A T A R I In anticipation of PRISM’s winter issue 57.2, we’re so excited to share “Bloodletting” by Djamila Ibrahim. This wonderful poem, as well as more of Djamila’s work, will appear in the print...
It’s that time of the year again: The Pushcart Prize nominations! The PRISM team has read and published so many wonderful writers this past year, and we are thrilled to announce the following nominations:
Continue reading Announcement: The Pushcart Prize Nominations 2018
Interview by Esther Chen Aja Moore’s first book of poetry hotwheel came out with Metatron Press this fall. I asked Aja about the poetic and publishing process, post-grad life, and where writing is taking her next. When did you first start...
No Good Asking by Fran Kimmel ECW Press Review by Colin Sterling Fran Kimmel’s latest novel No Good Asking is an unforgettable narrative that grips the reader right from its harrowing opening scene and doesn’t let go until it...
Reviews by Esther Chen This Love Is Mad Reciprocal – Liam Coady Glass Buffalo On the cover of Liam Coady’s chapbook This Love Is Mad Reciprocal, the blossoming branch of a cherry blossom tree bears fruit in the form...
Orange Christine Herzer Ugly Duckling Presse Review by Abby Paige “Poets are containers,” Christine Herzer asserts and further, “containers deserve respect.” The image of the container is central in her new chapbook, Orange. A container may be a...
The following is an excerpt from What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation, which will be published by Nightwood Editions in late November 2018. The book will feature conversations between twenty-two of Canada’s top modern poets. Marilyn Dumont:...
Interview by Tania De Rozario Thea Lim and I met in Singapore when we were twelve years old, in a queue to use the public telephone in the school canteen. We ended up classmates in high school and reconnected...
By Robert Colman Books discussed: Complete Physical by Shane Neilson (The Porcupine’s Quill, 2010) On Shaving Off His Face by Shane Neilson (The Porcupine’s Quill, 2015) Dysphoria by Shane Neilson (The Porcupine’s Quill, 2017) According to Deadly Force, a...