Photo by Alexa Jane Battler Interview by Natasha Ramoutar Adrian De Leon seems to have come out of nowhere. With only a handful of literary journal publications to his name and no blurbs on the back of his book...
We are super excited to announce our call for submission for issue 58.1, Figures. PRISM seeks writing that offers nuanced representations of the bodies we inhabit, grapples with the relationships that form us—father figures, idols, rivers that carve through rock—and...
The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang Graywolf Press Review by Margeaux Feldman Esmé Weijun Wang’s The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays begins with a proclamation: “Schizophrenia terrifies.” For Wang, who was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2013, the most terrifying thing...
Written by Özten Elaine Paul Artwork by Aileen Bahmanipour For nishiime, Erlen Brandon Özkanli, 2003—2018 You faced north as the dump truck filled your brother’s grave with dirt. They charged extra just to dig into the earth, frozen solid from...
Questions by Kyla Jamieson Photo by Maki Fotos Get to know poet, photographer, and all-around badass Tenille K Campbell, whose poem “medicine songs” appears in our Ruin themed issue 57.3 , and whose poem “question” appeared on our website...
the pacific spirit poetry prize judge’s essay Billy-Ray Belcourt – The Not-Yet and the What-Is-To-Come the pacific spirit poetry prize grand prize winner syan jay – CROSS-SECTIONS OF SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS & SHELLS, 2013 the pacific spirit poetry prize runners-up Tara McGowan-Ross...
Photo by Rashid Zakat Written by Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela To celebrate the release of our latest issue, RUIN (57.3), we’re sharing the Story Behind the Story for Slovenly Wilderness by Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela, including an excerpt from the story. Make sure to...
Photo by Jake Gard on Unsplash In anticipation of PRISM’s Ruin themed issue 57.3, we’re so excited to share some exclusive content by one of our amazing contributing poets, Tenille K Campbell. More of Tenille’s work can be found...
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...