56.4 Sneak Peek: How to Live by Doretta Lau
As we wait for our summer issue 56.4 to arrive from the printer, we’d like to share a sneak peek from its pages. “How to Live” by Doretta Lau is forthcoming in the Summer issue 56.4 of PRISM, and...
Summer Writing Prompt: Week 5
Think spatially, sensually, texturally, and in colour. You may not include the titles of physical places. (This includes countries, cities, buildings, environments, etc.) Write, write, write! Summer Writing Prompts is a writing initiative by Claudia Wilde, a BFA student in...
Announcing the Shortlist for the 2018 Grouse Grind Literary Prize for V. Short Forms!
We’re extremely excited to announce that the following stories have been shortlisted for the 2018 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms!
Narrowing the longlist to just six was extremely hard, so many congratulations to the shortlisted writers.
Check back soon for the winners announcement, as chosen by our PRISM editorial board.
Redefining Home: A Review of Chelene Knight’s Dear Current Occupant
Review by Mormei Zanke
Chelene Knight’s new memoir Dear Current Occupant, defies traditional genres of writing through its inherent hybridity and fragmentation. The book delves into Knight’s childhood past, exploring her experience of growing up while moving in and out of twenty homes in East Vancouver. Knight weaves poetry, essays, letters, and photographs together to create a work that is halting and profoundly moving. Knight’s fragmented approach succeeds in exploring the truths of her past more than any conventional, linear method could.
Continue reading Redefining Home: A Review of Chelene Knight’s Dear Current Occupant
Summer Writing Prompt: Week 4
No, you may not use ‘a sore throat’ in your list. If you’re stumped, keep rewriting the last word until something comes.
Announcing the Longlist for the 2018 Grouse Grind Literary Prize for V.Short Forms!
We’re extremely excited to announce that the following stories have been longlisted for the 2018 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms!
We were blown away by the number of submissions and the quality of writing in this year’s contest.
Check back soon for the shortlist and winners announcement, as chosen by our PRISM editorial board.
Continue reading Announcing the Longlist for the 2018 Grouse Grind Literary Prize for V.Short Forms!
Magnified and Shrunk: A Review of Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff
Riverhead Books
Review by Claudia Wilde
Lauren Groff’s novel, Fates and Furies, is the first novel I was compelled to finish based almost solely off my fondness for the language. Never mind the story. (Which, by the way, is brilliant in its own right. I will get to this shortly.) Groff’s prose reads like poetry and the diction is precise, sticking to the tongue when spoken aloud: Continue reading Magnified and Shrunk: A Review of Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies
Summer Writing Prompt: Week 3
Variations: – Write it in the form of a business email. Stick to a professional, clinical tone. Hash out the pros and cons of the relationship. Sign off appropriately. – Write a poem. Set it as your Tinder bio....
OMNIBUS CHAPBOOK REVIEW: Tell Everybody I Say Hi, Astral Projection, and First Sketch of A Poem I Will Not Have Written
Reviews by Esther Chen Tell Everybody I Say Hi by Tess Liem Anstruther Press Tess Liem’s first chapbook opens with a short piece that sets the tone for the rest of the collection. Liem writes “I, a compartment & careful, ...