Shifting Baselines The term shifting baselines describes slow, almost imperceptible changes in an ecosystem…Our faulty memories and relatively short lifespans have made us unreliable witnesses. – Kyo Maclear, “Birds, Art, Life” 12:47 a.m. The bedroom seemed darker than usual....
the correct fury of your why is a mountain Kevin Andrew HeslopGordon Hill Press, 2021 Review by Robert Colman The intriguing aspect of reading a poet’s debut is witnessing a voice perhaps not yet fully formed but exploring themes and...
Dear Memory: Letters On Writing, Silence, And GriefVictoria ChangMilkweed Editions, 2021 Review by Cynthia Sharp Victoria Chang’s multimedia poetic conversation Dear Memory: Letters On Writing, Silence, And Grief turns sorrow into art with transcendent understanding. Intergenerational suffering is expressed...
PRISM is proud to announce the winning pieces from our 2022 Jacob Zilber Prize along with Heather O’Neill’s judge’s essay. Heather O’Neill is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She is the writer of favourites like Lullabies for Little...
PhototaxisOlivia TapieroTranslated by Kit SchluterNightboat Books, 2021 Review by Marisa Grizenko Olivia Tapiero’s Phototaxis, translated from French by Kit Schluter, opens in a world we can recognize. The incomprehensible has happened, and happened again, yet people continue living their...
Here are the shortlisted stories from The Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction Contest judged by Heather O’Neill. We’re one step closer to naming our winners! Congratulations to our finalists and thanks to all who submitted. The Grouse Grind...
PRISM is proud to share the longlisted stories from The Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction Contest judged by Heather O’Neill. Heather O’Neill is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She is the writer of favourites like Lullabies...
CustomsSolmaz SharifGraywolf Press, 2022 Review by ALHS Solmaz Sharif’s Customs opens with an eruption in the face of the violence of conditionality: “I had to.” This first poem is titled “America.” Customs is poetry about conditionality in that it...
Interview by Diane Gottlieb “If You Think the Way to Learn,” the first poem in Ana Maria Spagna’s Mile Marker Six, takes us right to the heart of this collection: it moves from Spagna’s past to her present, from...