Interview by Bruce Geddes Radium Girl is Sofi Papamarko’s debut collection of short stories, exploring themes of loneliness and alienation, and women reclaiming their power. What follows is a conversation between Sofi and Bruce Geddes about vengeance, flawed characters,...
We, JaneAimee WallBook*hug Press, 2021 Review by Kris Rothstein Marthe is a young woman going nowhere; her waitressing job is a dead end, she doesn’t really like her friends, and though she has lived in Montreal for a few...
Interview by Uche Umezurike Teardrops on the Weser (2021) consists of poems elegantly crafted by practiced fingers, poems as luminous as they are liquid. Water imagery ripples through the rhythm of the poems, charting the poet’s itineraries far and wide. Migration,...
We are excited to announce that our annual PRISM international Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. We are so honoured to have the amazing judge Cecily Nicholson. Cecily Nicholson is the author of Triage, From the Poplars, winner of...
The Secret to Superhuman StrengthAlison BechdelHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021 Review by RJ McDaniel It is with a flurry of activity that Alison Bechdel, acclaimed cartoonist and MacArthur genius, welcomes readers to her new graphic memoir, The Secret to Superhuman...
Interview by Uche Umezurike In Where the Baedeker Leads, James Yékú explores in language precise and mellifluous the particulars of longing and love, home and diaspora. He takes the reader along routes of memory and immediacy, traversing time and...
59.4 is live folks! In issue 59.4, you’ll find work from the three winners of the 2021 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction: Zilla Jones, Amorina Kingdon, and Jessica Bloom. The issue also features a thought provoking cover photo,...
Interview by David Ly Tolu Oloruntoba’s debut poetry collection, The Junta of Happenstance, is a journey through syncopated language to peel back his own interpretation of the (im)migrant experience, struggles against social injustices, and his time as a physician....
We are so honoured that Marcos agreed to judge our CNF contest this year, they also took some time to answer a few questions from our Promotions Editor Ali Barnett. You can enter our CNF contest and read the...
