Reviews by Elee Kraljii Gardiner Seven Sacred Truths by Wanda John-Kehewin, Talonbooks, 2019Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019Ledi by Kim Trainor, Book*hug Press, 2018 A life is not a linear collection of events, but perhaps a palimpsest,...
Interview by David Ly The following is an interview between David Ly and Jason Purcell, author of the chapbook A Place More Hospitable (Anstruther Press, 2019). David Ly: Hello, Jason! Congratulations on this beautiful chapbook full of such wonderful...
To celebrate the release of our Summer issue 57.4, we asked contributor Marika Prokosh to spill the tea on her poem “Letter from Voyager 2,” which appears in the issue alongside the equally brilliant poem, “Inheritance.” When I was...
Art by Oakland Galbraith Story by Jenessa Abrams Last night when I returned from fucking my ex-husband, I made pancakes. It was just before midnight. I timed it that way. I didn’t want to see his face when it...
Summer issue cover image: “Other Other” by Gio Swaby We are delighted to introduce you to our Jacob Zilber prize winners. Two of these pieces appear in our Summer issue, 57.4, while you can read “Toy Wonderland,” by Jenessa...
After reading through more than 300 pieces, the PRISM editorial team has chosen the top three winners of the Grouse Grind Literary Prize for V. Short Forms! Their themes run the gamut from a child with a voracious appetite...
Photo by Sandro Pehar Interview by Chimedum Ohaegbu Téa Mutonji’s debut Shut Up You’re Pretty is the first book out of Vivek Shraya’s Arsenal Pulp imprint, VS. Books. In rhythmic prose, the collection follows Loli’s journey as she deals with...
Photo provided by Arsenal Pulp Press Interview by Deborah Heslop Too often, the story of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is told solely through statistics of opioid overdose deaths, but award-winning journalist Travis Lupick delves into the community’s heart and...
This essay has been published in Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being by Amy Fung (Book*Hug, 2019) By Amy Fung Spending the better part of 2011 in the northeast of Scotland, in a tiny, violent town,...