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,...
Photo of Anne Stone by Wayde ComptonPhoto of Wayde Compton by Anne Stone In anticipation of the release of our FIGURES issue (58.1), we’re thrilled to share an excerpt from “Antiquing in Vermont” by Anne Stone and Wayde Compton....
In 2018 I edited the interview collection What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Converstion (Nightwood Editions). In the process, I learned of all the ways an equal conversation between two poets, as opposed to a unidirectional interview,...
Interview by Tara McGuire Peter Orner’s new collection Maggie Brown & Others (Little, Brown and Company, 2019) was released in early July. The New York Times calls Orner “A master of his form.” Tara McGuire spoke with Peter Orner...
Questions by Cara Nelissen What follows below is an interview with the author Paul Zits, in which he talks the writing process and inspiration for his latest book Exhibit (University of Calgary Press, 2019), as well a poem from...
Questions by Cara Nelissen PRISM got to chat with Lucas Crawford, author of The High Line Scavenger Hunt (University of Calgary Press, 2018), about the writing and research process, the complexities of the High Line park, and the role...
Interview by David Ly The following is an interview between David Ly and Jason Purcell, author of the chapbook A Place More Hospitable (Anstruther Press, 2019). David Ly: Hello, Jason! Congratulations on this beautiful chapbook full of such wonderful...
Photo by Sandro Pehar Interview by Chimedum Ohaegbu Téa Mutonji’s debut Shut Up You’re Pretty is the first book out of Vivek Shraya’s Arsenal Pulp imprint, VS. Books. In rhythmic prose, the collection follows Loli’s journey as she deals with...
Photo provided by Arsenal Pulp Press Interview by Deborah Heslop Too often, the story of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is told solely through statistics of opioid overdose deaths, but award-winning journalist Travis Lupick delves into the community’s heart and...