Postscripts from a City BurningSam CheukPalimpsest Press, 2021 Review by Robert Colman Hong Kong has stood as a kind of anomaly for many years: as a city colony of a nation (UK) well past its years of empire, and...
The Drowning HouseJohn Sibley WilliamsElixir Press, 2021 Review by Erica Goss “I dwell in possibility,” Emily Dickinson wrote—but to survive our daily lives, too often we replace possibility with dullness. Both familiar and comforting, routine implies a necessary amount...
HouseholdersKate CayleyBiblioasis, 2021 Review by Katie Zdybel In the closing story of Householders, Trout—a woman who was born into a commune which her mother, Naomi, eventually smuggled her out of—returns to that commune with the now aging, dementia-stricken Naomi....
PRISM’s first big announcement of 2022: Our Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize winners, as chosen by contest judge Cecily Nicholson! A huge congratulations Miguel, Anna, and Alice! Grand Prize “Ways to Leave, or Waves” by Miguel Perez Miguel Martin Perez...
The Curious ThingSandra LimW. W. Norton & Company, 2021 Review by Clara Otto The Curious Thing by Sandra Lim explores dreams, writing, and the banality of life. The poems in this collection feel as though the speaker is trying...
Happy Monday! We’re so pleased to announce the shortlist for our 2021 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. Please join us in congratulating these six incredible poets! In other news, our 2022 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction is open for submissions until Jan...
“The idea that I’m sitting here now, talking to someone who’s read my work and is thinking such intelligent, beautiful, and generous thoughts that are illuminating the work for me: it’s unimaginable.” – Kaveh Akbar, interviewed for PRISM Online...
PRISM is excited to announce our longlist for the 2021 Pacific Poetry Contest! Thank you to everyone for trusting us with your fabulous poetry. It was a pleasure to read your work. These 8 pieces stood out from the...
Interview by Emily ChouTranslation to English of Alex Simões’ responses by Carolyne Wright PRISM’s Emily Chou sits down to speak with Alex Simões and Carolyne Wright about Alex’s poem “Cemetery of the New Blacks,” translated by Carolyne and published...
