Crow GulchDouglas Walbourne-Goughicehouse poetry, 2019. Review by Kim Trainor In a CBC interview about his debut collection Crow Gulch, Douglas Walbourne-Gough observes, “I would really hope one of the things that the book speaks, back to me and everyone...
MeteoritesJulie PaulTouchWood Editions, 2019 Review by Elina Taillon In her third short story collection, Meteorites, Julie Paul offers us quiet glimpses into a Canadian quotidian that simmers underneath those thornier, tangled parts of life: a family rift, impotence to...
Photo by Emily CooperInterview by Tania De Rozario I first met Ivan Coyote in 2018 while they were a writer-in-residence at Simon Fraser University’s English department. A seasoned performer and author of twelve books, Coyote’s latest collection, Rebent Sinner...
Naming the Shadows Sharon BergThe Porcupine’s Quill (2019) Review by Irina Moga Sharon Berg’s collection of short stories Naming the Shadows (The Porcupine’s Quill, 2019) is the author’s first book of fiction and another milestone in her writing career. Based...
Interview by Molly Cross-Blanchard When the PRISM team first began to discuss integrating artwork into the print issue, Danielle Friesen’s name was one of the first to come up. Her ink drawings are simple and dynamic, muscular and feminine,...
Interview by Kate Finegan Paola Ferrante’s debut collection, What To Wear When Surviving A Lion Attack (Mansfield Press, 2019), explores how women survive trauma and abuse, and how society continues to allow these abuses to occur. The collection draws...
by Julia LoFasoArt by Danielle Friesen You’re a limb I can’t put weight on. Every time I test it, it still hurts. Is it progress that I’ve started to think of you as a sprained ankle? It’s much less...
Interview by David Ly Tess Liem’s debut full-length collection Obits. (Coach House Books) seeks to find a place where those who are othered can mourn and find themselves. It’s a vulnerable collection, one with layers so intimate to the...
Too Too Too Too Tammy Ho Lai-Ming Math Paper Press, 2019 Review by Kate Rogers Hong Kong poet, academic and translator Tammy Ho Lai-Ming’s latest poetry collection Too Too Too Too is political. In light of the kidnappings of...