From the Archives: Slide by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick
As we begin to wrap up work on our FILTH issue, I am reminded of one of the pieces published by PRISM that tickled my brain about what kind of work could be teased out if we set a...
From the Archives: Wishbone by Shaelin Bishop
Lovely PRISM reader, we have a big treat for you today, Wishbone by Shaelin Bishop. This short fiction piece was originally published in our Spring 2020 issue, PRISM 58.3, Sprawl. Wishbone is a Michelin-star dessert of a story: it’s...
From the Archives: Gate of Wonder
Hello all! I’m excited to introduce this new online segment, “From the Archives,” where we’ll share and celebrate some selected pieces from the PRISM archives. To start us off, I’ve selected Kyle Okeke’s “Gate of Wonder,” 2nd runner-up for...
Private Hells and Public Spectacles: A Review of Death by a Thousand Cuts by Shashi Bhat
Death by a Thousand Cuts Shashi Bhat Penguin Random House, 2024. Review by Bethany Lake There is an old school of thought in literature to make no mention of technology for fear of dating the written work. In her...
Wearing Your Best Hat to Eat Spiders: A Review of Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead by Erina Harris
Trading Beauty Secrets with the DeadBy Erina HarrisWolsak & Wynn, 2024 Review by Rosalie Morris Trading Beauty Secrets with the Dead is a new collection of poetry from Edmonton-based author Erina Harris. The collection is a complex celebration of...
Voices Seldom Told: An Interview with Louis Bourgeois
Unit 29: Writing from Parchman PrisonVOX Books. Interview by P.B. Jernigan I don’t remember the first time I heard about Parchman Prison. It has always existed in my memory, the heavy history looming over the entirety of Mississippi. Parchman...
“what storms do i part in yr language”: A Review of echolalia echolalia by Jane Shi
echolalia echolaliaJane ShiBrick Books, 2024 Review by Madelaine Caritas Longman After reading the first poem in Jane Shi’s debut, echolalia echolalia, I put down the book and paced in circles. My heart knocked against my chest; my fingers transfigured...
Teeth, Guts, and Growths: A Review of Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn
Buzzkill Clamshell Amber Dawn Arsenal Pulp Press Review by Margo LaPierre Pain can limit us. A bed can be a constraint. But in Amber Dawn’s third solo collection of poetry and eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press, constraint elevates...
“Don’t break the truth”: A review of Woman, Life, Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution
Woman, Life, Freedom: Poems for the Iranian RevolutionBänoo Zan and Cy Strom, EditorsGuernica Editions, 2025 Reviewed by Jeannine M. Pitas On September 16, 2022, 22-year-old Mahsa “Jina” Amini, a Kurdish minority in Iran, was beaten to death by the...