PRISM international stands in solidarity with Black communities across the United States, Canada, and beyond, in asserting that Black Lives Matter. We join them in demanding justice for the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Regis Korchinksi-Paquet, and countless...
Photo by Stephen DavisInterview by Kate Finegan The poems in Claire Caldwell’s second collection, Gold Rush (Invisible Publishing, 2020) have something in common with the wilderness—they beg to be revisited. They artfully layer and interrogate the concept of wilderness...
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...
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,”...