Nautilus and Bone Lisa RichterFrontenac House Poetry, 2020 Review by Kim Trainor I don’t remember where I first encountered the poetry of Anna Margolin (born Rosa Leysenboym), only that I was drawn to her cycle of Mary poems, in which...
Archaic Torso of GumbyGeoffrey Morrison & Matthew TomkinsonGordon Hill Press, 2020 Review by Max Karpinski Geoffrey Morrison and Matthew Tomkinson’s Archaic Torso of Gumby resists the traditional moves available to a reviewer. There is no reducing this strange and...
We received so many delightful and horrifying and hilarious and informative pieces of writing for this year’s contest. We’re honoured to announce the winners of this year’s Creative Nonfiction Contest, as selected by Marcos Gonsalez! Grand Prize Winner “Translation” by Emma...
The following 5 pieces made PRISM’s 2021 Creative Nonfiction Contest shortlist! Check back soon for the winners announcement, chosen by this year’s contest judge, Marcos Gonsalez. (PS, our Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize is open for submissions until September 30!)...
PRISM is excited to share our longlist for the 2021 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! We were blown away by the quality of submissions for this contest. Thank you to everyone who submitted and trusted us with their work. These 8...
There is grimness and there is vitality in Tell the Birds Your Body is Not a Gun. Rayanne Haines engages with pain and scars, but is also familiar with warmth and tenderness, in her rendition of the personal and social—she...
Interview by Shereen Lee “This is a holy text,” Kaveh Akbar pronounces at the opening of his new collection, Pilgrim Bell. But his persona is unsure of how to write a text befitting holiness, or what it even means...
Interview by Bruce Geddes Radium Girl is Sofi Papamarko’s debut collection of short stories, exploring themes of loneliness and alienation, and women reclaiming their power. What follows is a conversation between Sofi and Bruce Geddes about vengeance, flawed characters,...