After reading through almost 400 pieces, the PRISM editorial team has chosen the top three winners of the Grouse Grind Literary Prize for V. Short Forms. All three winning pieces will be published in our Fall Issue, 59.1 VULGAR....
By Muniyra Douglas Minister Faust’s 2011 novel, The Alchemists of Kush, is considered literature’s first “hip hop epic“. But Minister Faust’s creative Africentrist vision isn’t limited to novels––he also reaches into video games, sketch comedy, journalism, podcasts, and more....
The following stories have been shortlisted for the 2020 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms. In no particular order: “Elk Blue Rush” by Allison LaSorda “He Says, I’ve Been Rereading Bladerunner and the News and The Chrysalids...
Photo by Gordon HillInterview by David Ly Amy LeBlanc’s debut poetry collection, I know something you don’t, is a magical journey. LeBlanc has a natural eye for beauty, and even the darkest moments of the collection’s poems entice the...
We’re thrilled to announce the 2020 Grouse Grind Lit Prize longlist! “Amundsen’s Bones” by Barbara Black “Descent” by Aileen Hunt “Elk Blue Rush” by Allison LaSorda “Father” by Joanna Lilley “He Says, I’ve Been Rereading Bladerunner and the News...
The Foley Artist: StoriesRicco Villanueva SiasocoGaudy Boy, 2019 Review by Serkan Görkemli Queer literary writing is enjoying unprecedented exposure in the world of publishing, but we need more stories that reflect the racial, ethnic, and geographical diversity in our...
Photo by Oriette D’AngeloInterview by Sara Mang I first encountered the generosity and brilliance of Garth Greenwell during the Disquiet Literary Program in Lisbon, where he encouraged his students to feel the sentences in our bodies. Greenwell’s innovative new...
Pots and Other Living Beingsannie rossTalonbooks, 2019 A Tent, A Lantern, An Empty BowlM. Travis LanePalimpsest Press, 2019 Review by Kim Trainor With the advent of SARS-CoV-2, for many of us there has been a contraction of the world...
Interview by Erica Commisso April 20 marked the release of Nicole Fleetwood’s book, Marking Time (Harvard University Press), the result of a years-long look at art produced in the confines of incarceration. Fleetwood, the director of the Institute for...