These Herbs Know You by Name by Okechi Okeke
These Herbs Know You by Name by Okechi Okeke 1. The second time you, my dead grandmother, came to me, we didn’t hug, didn’t speak to each other. You were outside your mud-house, seated on a low...
“I want there to be room for response”: An Interview with Kai Cheng Thom
Photo credit: Jackson HagnerInterview by Franz Seachel Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performance artist, and community healer. She is the author of the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars, which was chosen by Emma Watson for her online...
The 2023 Grouse Grind V. Short Forms Lit Prize Winners
PRISM international is proud to share the work of our three winners! First Place “No One Tells You Outright Grandma is an Asshole” by Erin MacNair People don’t tell kids the truth. They say things like sex and drugs...
A Different Kind of Time Unfolds in the Rainforest: A Review of Amanda Lewis’s “Tracking Giants”
Tracking Giants: Big Trees, Tiny Triumphs, and Misadventures in the ForestAmanda LewisGreystone, 2023 Review by Kim Trainor We are surrounded by some of the most beautiful and ancient trees on the planet, yet many of us on the west...
A Lingering Sense of Wonder: A Review of Rosanna Young Oh’s “The Corrected Version”
The Corrected Version Rosanna Young Oh Diode Editions, 2023 Review by Joanna Acevedo The speaker in Rosanna Young Oh’s The Corrected Version has a complicated relationship with work. As she details the day-to-day experiences of working in her father’s grocery store,...
61.3 TEASER: 2022 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize Winner Emory Brinson’s “poem with resonance”
We are excited to share Emory Brinson’s poem, “poem with resonance.” This piece is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2022 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize and is included in our Spring 2023 issue: 61.3, available for purchase now. Brinson’s...
Two Best Friends, Quietly Painting Side by Side: An Interview with Cheryle Dreaver and Dawn Chartrand
Two striking pieces of art hang side by side in a small counselling centre in North End Winnipeg. People can’t stop looking at them, asking about the artists, wanting to know the stories behind these bright paintings. The pieces...
“To Be a Version of Me that Only I Can See”: An Interview with Mirabel
Photo credit: Tam Lan TruongInterview by Matthew Rettino Mirabel (whose real name is Avleen K. Mokha) is a 24-year-old award-winning poet originally from Mumbai, India, currently studying speech-language pathology at McGill University. I came to know her well during...
Pi Theatre’s “Truth & Lies”: A Deep Dive Inside Your Own Mind
Photo credit: Emily Cooper Photography Review by Victoria McIntyre Is the internet a cult? Are online communities good for us? Is misinformation harmless or dangerous? Is the future of reality virtual? How is technology changing the way we think?...