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,...
It’s that time of year again! PRISM’s annual Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction is now open for submissions. The prize is named for Jacob Zilber, who played a central role founding the University of British Columbia’s department of...
Sprawl. We love the onomatopoeic quality of this word. To spread, to be without boundary, to reach outside oneself, unapologetic. Imagine unfolding prairies, the slouch of city streets, the smoky silhouette of mountains beyond mountains. What stories reverberate home;...
Interview by Kate Finegan Paola Ferrante’s debut collection, What To Wear When Surviving A Lion Attack (Mansfield Press, 2019), explores how women survive trauma and abuse, and how society continues to allow these abuses to occur. The collection draws...
by Julia LoFasoArt by Danielle Friesen You’re a limb I can’t put weight on. Every time I test it, it still hurts. Is it progress that I’ve started to think of you as a sprained ankle? It’s much less...
Interview by David Ly Tess Liem’s debut full-length collection Obits. (Coach House Books) seeks to find a place where those who are othered can mourn and find themselves. It’s a vulnerable collection, one with layers so intimate to the...
Spooky season is here—and so is the latest issue! The poetry and prose in 58.1 FIGURES show us shapes that manifest, charm, defy, and arouse. You heard that right! As written by editors Molly Cross-Blanchard and Emma Cleary, “We...
Too Too Too Too Tammy Ho Lai-Ming Math Paper Press, 2019 Review by Kate Rogers Hong Kong poet, academic and translator Tammy Ho Lai-Ming’s latest poetry collection Too Too Too Too is political. In light of the kidnappings of...
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes From the End of the WorldKai Cheng ThomArsenal Pulp Press, 2019 Review by Jaz Papadopoulos When I first heard the phrase “A Trans Girl’s Notes From the End of the...