Love Me TenderConstance DebréTranslated by Holly JamesSemiotext(e), 2022 Review by Thea McLachlan “What is this insane world I’m living in?” Constance Debré asks midway through her memoir Love Me Tender (published by Semiotext(e), translated by Holly James). Caught in...
Interview by Annick MacAskill If memory serves me correctly, I first met fellow Halifax poet and Gaspereau Press author Matt Robinson in the spring of 2018, when he showed up for the launch of my debut collection, No Meeting...
Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and PoetryEdited by David Ly and Daniel ZomparelliArsenal Pulp Press, 2022 Review by Sierra Riley Monsters and ghosts are inseparable from their queer contexts. Werewolves, Medusa, Mr. Hyde and Mothman—these creatures...
New HorizonsBy Kani KrishnanUnrestricted Editions, 2022 Review by Clara Otto The feeling of reaching out is a familiar one; we stretch out a hand, a fingertip—we whisper a word. In Kani Krishnan’s debut chapbook, New Horizons, Krishnan sends out...
Interview by Renee Cronley Jennifer Mariani’s debut poetry chapbook, All Forgotten Now (Off Topic Publishing, 2022), is an exploration of grief after leaving Zimbabwe at the age of seventeen to pursue a career in ballet in England and later...
TripticksAnn QuinAnd Other Stories, 2022 Review by Thea McLachlan With life being as loud, hyper saturated, and cloying as it is, there isn’t much space to marshall desperately the bits of body, bile, memory, and spirit, the cute things...
Hello all you fabulous writers! PRISM Reviews is seeking pitches for interviews and reviews of graphic forms! We’re looking for interviews that probe the relationship between writing and visual art, that explore the processes and practices behind interdisciplinary works. We’re...
Antonyms for DaughterJenny BoychukVéhicule Press, 2021 Review by Stella Cali Antonyms for Daughter, Jenny Boychuk’s unflinching debut collection, explores Boychuk’s mother’s addiction and the author’s complex grief after her mother’s death. Like the seasons, this debut collection changes, decays,...
You Better Be LightningAndrea GibsonButton Press Poetry, 2021 Review by Cynthia Sharp You Better Be Lightning from Button Press Poetry, an independent publisher of performance art, is Andrea Gibson’s eighth overall book in a collection that spans full-length individual...