Photo by Anton HurInterview by Alex Valente Alex Valente: Anton, it is a pleasure to finally have a one-on-one conversation—I’m glad I finally have a chance to talk to you without the Twitter algorithm getting in the way! Your...
We are delighted to share an excerpt from “The Jellyfish” by Alisha Dukelow, which appears in issue 58.4. This is a story we read over and over again, discovering something new each time—and each time, it stayed with us...
Written by Ngwatilo MawiyooArtwork “untitled (earthの日)” by eryn kimura The summer issue of PRISM is here! Order it online, and while you’re waiting at the mailbox, read this online exclusive poem! A crow glides past maple leaves. On earthan open...
The idea of a typical “Canadian” is a concept that requires dismantling, and Moni Brar challenges this fallacy in her carefully constructed poem “What You Want Doesn’t Matter”, now available to read in our summer issue (58.4). Rife with...
Mythical ManDavid LyPalimpsest Press, 2020 Review by Hasan Namir There, viper scalesframea smoky-eyed stare––you never know where the gazewill strike David Ly’s debut poetry collection, Mythical Man, opens with the title poem, “Mythical Man I.” The poem, shaped like...
Interview by Tanvi Bhatia We’re thrilled to introduce to you our 2020 Jacob Zilber Prize winners. This year’s winners, chosen by contest judge Kristen Arnett, brought us into three distinct spaces imbued with loss, neglect, and longing. In each...
After reading through almost 400 pieces, the PRISM editorial team has chosen the top three winners of the Grouse Grind Literary Prize for V. Short Forms. All three winning pieces will be published in our Fall Issue, 59.1 VULGAR....
By Muniyra Douglas Minister Faust’s 2011 novel, The Alchemists of Kush, is considered literature’s first “hip hop epic“. But Minister Faust’s creative Africentrist vision isn’t limited to novels––he also reaches into video games, sketch comedy, journalism, podcasts, and more....
The following stories have been shortlisted for the 2020 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms. In no particular order: “Elk Blue Rush” by Allison LaSorda “He Says, I’ve Been Rereading Bladerunner and the News and The Chrysalids...
