Made-Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture Under Late Capitalism Daphné B. Translated by Alex ManleyCoach House Books, 2021 Review by Alanna Why When you think of make-up, do you think of a frivolous activity or a form of self-care? For...
Interview by Diane Gottlieb Nick Olson, founder and editor in chief of the literary journal (mac)ro(mic), has a new book out, The Brother We Share—an innovative, alternate personal history, based on a true event: Olson’s 2016 suicide attempt, which...
Odes and LamentsFiona Tinwei LamCaitlin Press, 2019 Review by Cynthia Sharp Odes and Laments is one of three of Fiona Tinwei Lam’s exquisite poetry collections. The cover of Odes and Laments, designed by Vici Johnstone with photography by Janet...
Postscripts from a City BurningSam CheukPalimpsest Press, 2021 Review by Robert Colman Hong Kong has stood as a kind of anomaly for many years: as a city colony of a nation (UK) well past its years of empire, and...
The Drowning HouseJohn Sibley WilliamsElixir Press, 2021 Review by Erica Goss “I dwell in possibility,” Emily Dickinson wrote—but to survive our daily lives, too often we replace possibility with dullness. Both familiar and comforting, routine implies a necessary amount...
HouseholdersKate CayleyBiblioasis, 2021 Review by Katie Zdybel In the closing story of Householders, Trout—a woman who was born into a commune which her mother, Naomi, eventually smuggled her out of—returns to that commune with the now aging, dementia-stricken Naomi....
PRISM’s first big announcement of 2022: Our Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize winners, as chosen by contest judge Cecily Nicholson! A huge congratulations Miguel, Anna, and Alice! Grand Prize “Ways to Leave, or Waves” by Miguel Perez Miguel Martin Perez...
The Curious ThingSandra LimW. W. Norton & Company, 2021 Review by Clara Otto The Curious Thing by Sandra Lim explores dreams, writing, and the banality of life. The poems in this collection feel as though the speaker is trying...
Happy Monday! We’re so pleased to announce the shortlist for our 2021 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. Please join us in congratulating these six incredible poets! In other news, our 2022 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction is open for submissions until Jan...