Introducing PRISM’s 2020–21 editorial team! We’re working from home (can you tell?) and we look forward to bringing you all the best, most exciting new writing from Canada and abroad. From our beds to yours! Tanvi Bhatia—Content Editor, Prose...
Familiar FaceMichael DeForgeDrawn & Quarterly, 2020 Review by Kris Rothstein A time of isolation. Bodies beyond our control. Unprecedented control by the state. As we live through a global pandemic, it is tempting to look to art for extra...
The Baudelaire FractalLisa RobertsonCoach House, 2020 Review by Margaryta Golovchenko Sitting in the packed atrium of the MOCA for the launch of The Baudelaire Fractal (Coach House, 2020) as Lisa Robertson discusses history and legacy, I recall the words...
EXTENDED CONTEST DEADLINE: July 31st, 2020 Our annual Creative Non-fiction Contest is now open for submissions. Send us your best true stories—from essays to memoirs, to literary journalism and beyond! We are thrilled to announce that Alexander Chee is...
Written by Meg ToddArtwork “New Year New You” by Mali Fischer The spring issue of PRISM is on newsstands now. Order it here, and while you’re waiting at the mailbox, read this online exclusive fiction short story! It’s my...
Interview by Molly Cross-Blanchard Have you ever thought, “I wonder what a prize-winning poet thinks of depression-era cooking, the Saw movie franchise, and capybaras?” Look no further, friends! PRISM got to know the winners of the 2019 Pacific Spirit...
We are delighted to share an excerpt from “Lady with the big head chronicle” by Angélique Lalonde, which appears in our SPRAWL issue (58.3). When the editors were putting SPRAWL together, this captivating story was everything we dreamed would...
Animalby Dorothea LaskyWave Books, 2019 Review by Jaz Papadopoulos Dorothea Lasky’s Animal (Wave Books, 2019) is a spiraling revelation of the pure possibility of poetry, disguised as four essays. The essays were originally delivered as lectures for the Bagley...
We asked Jade Wallace to tell us a bit about the process of writing their poem “Contretemps,” which appears in issue 58.3 SPRAWL. You can buy the issue or subscribe to read another of Jade’s poems, “Phenomenology of Night,”...