The 2022 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction is officially open, and we’re thrilled to announce Heather O’Neill as this year’s judge! Heather O’Neill is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She is the writer of favourites like...
Interview by Uche Umezurike Yejide Kilanko’s new novel A Good Name (Guernica Editions, 2021) explores the complexities of relationships, traditions, and masculinities. Uche Umezurike sits down with the author to discuss the process behind her work. Uche Umezurike: A...
Executive Editor, Promotions – Ali Rae Ali Rae (she/her) is a bipolar queer who writes short stories, essays, and poems. A sometimes nurse, she is currently working on her MFA at UBC while living on the unceded territory of...
Interview by Kufre Usanga Uche Umezurike’s new collection Double Wahala, Double Trouble (Griots Lounge Publishing, 2021) touches on human relationships, the complexities of life, ecological degradation, police brutality, banditry and militancy, and masculinities. Umezurike illuminates various shades of troubles...
60.1 is officially out in the world! In issue 60.1, you’ll find work from the three winners of the 2021 Grouse Grind Literary Prize for Very Short Fiction: Suzannah Showler, Moni Brar, and Delani Valin. The issue also features...
We are excited to announce our call for submissions for issue 60.3: MYTH. “All right,” said Susan. “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need… fantasies to make life bearable.” REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL?...
Beautiful World, Where Are YouSally RooneyPenguin Random House, 2021 Review by Alexandra Trnka Are the politics of Sally Rooney’s fiction empty or realistic? Such is the question around which critics pivot with the release of each of Rooney’s books....
Interview by Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li This year’s 2021 Jacob Zilber Prize winners‘ stories, chosen by contest judge Téa Mutonji, explore themes of sexuality, identity, branding, desire, and connection. Their words are luminous—reflecting and challenging society’s profit off time,...
Nautilus and Bone Lisa RichterFrontenac House Poetry, 2020 Review by Kim Trainor I don’t remember where I first encountered the poetry of Anna Margolin (born Rosa Leysenboym), only that I was drawn to her cycle of Mary poems, in which...
