Photo credit: Judy Laing Review by Feroz Rather I read Leila Aboulela’s latest novel, River Spirit, soon after it was published in March of last year, admiring how the author endows her Muslim women characters with distinct voices and...
trust the bluer skies Meditations on Fatherhoodpaulo da costaUniversity of Regina Press, 2024 Review by Irene Marques trust the bluer skies Meditations on Fatherhood is a memoir that recounts, in vivid detail, da costa’s six-month stay in Portugal, the...
nature felt but never apprehendedby Angela PeñaredondoNoemi Press, 2023 Review by Brian Stephens This frank collection of poetry by Angela Peñaredondo (she/they) manages the wondrous feat of being bracing yet elegant in its delivery: like a pour of chartreuse...
An Evening With Birdy O’Day by Greg Kearney Arsenal Pulp Press, 2024. Review by Roz Milner It takes a lot to become a star. Talent certainly helps, as does luck: plenty of famous people just happened to be in...
We are excited to share Nolan Natasha’s short story, “Ambrosia.” This piece was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2024 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. Judge Jackie Ess had this to say about the short story: The winning...
Outgoing Reviews Editor, Victoria McIntyre, asks incoming Reviews Editor, Cid V Brunet, some questions.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Victoria McIntyre: In your opinion, what are the components of a great review? Cid V Brunet: Reading a great review is like finding an enthusiastic...
PRISM international is proud to announce the winning pieces from our 2024 Jacob Zilber Prize along with Jackie Ess’s judge’s essay. Jackie Ess is a novelist, a teacher, and a person figuring it out. So far this has meant...
Photo credit: Allison Seto Interview by Sarah Feldbloom I’ve been working on a novel draft about land, identity, and coming-of-age for years – I started actively writing it during my MFA at the University of Guelph. That’s where I...
Wrong NormaAnne CarsonNew Directions, 2024 Review by Samantha Neugebauer “All novelists,” remarks Anne Carson in Wrong Norma, “share the fantasy of a different kind of novel.” Yet most novelists–albeit not Carson, a Renaissance Woman known for her astonishing ability...