Interview by Leslie Palleson Katherine Fawcett is the author of two collections of short stories, Little Washer of Sorrows (Thistledown Press, 2015), shortlisted for the ReLit Short Fiction Award and for a Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature...
TENDERLaiwan Talon Books, 2020 Review by Clayton Longstaff Laiwan’s poetry takes root in the most hostile of urban landscapes, and breathes deep. In breathing, it becomes a living force in the felled detritus of capitalistic and colonial wreckage. From...
We are excited to announce our call for submissions for issue 60.1: WONDER. Bring us your castles in the sky, your fantastic cartographies. Take us to the places that exist in the corner of your eyes, the garden between...
Stoop CityKristyn DunnionBiblioasis, 2020 Review by Chantelle Cho “It’s like last winter when she took that girl Lena on a road trip and left me to finish my thesis in the sub-zero gloom.” This is how the first story...
Our shortest-form contest is now open for submissions until May 1st! The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms is judged by PRISM’s editorial board. We’re ready to sink our teeth into your flash fiction, micro-memoir, poetic hybrids...
Eat A PeachDavid ChangClarkson Potter/Publishers 2020 Review by Caileigh Broatch David Chang wears a lot of hats, the first of which is a chef’s hat. He is, after all, the founder of the Momofuku Restaurant Group (with a new...
Photo Credit: Etye SarnerReview by Janice Weizman We all have a fascination with the paradox of genius; on one hand, individuals touched by extraordinary gifts have, by definition, access to realms and abilities that are out of reach to...
on/meFrancine CunninghamCaitlin Press, 2019 Review by Kim Trainor Let’s start with the title: on/me. Every poem in the collection has two titles: a main title that suggests a general category (On Grief, On Love, On Identity, On Mental Health)...
Interview by Uche Umezurike Saddiq Dzukogi’s upcoming collection of poetry, Your Crib, My Qibla (to be released by University of Nebraska Press on March 1, 2021), proceeds the death of his daughter, Baha, who died on December 12, 2017––twenty-one days...
