WINNER: Paradise Lost
Even Yama, the God of death, is running late in that hopelessly Indian way.
Double Issue: 66 & 67
Introduction
Growing Up with Austin: Notes on Post/colonial Pedagogies
The first book by Austin Clarke text that I read was Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack.
Fiction Prize
RUNNER-UP: Mom Camp
The women blindfolded each other.
Poetry Prize
WINNER: hybridity as a phantom body
What is the word for a body that haunts itself?
RUNNER UP: Ballad of an Indonesian Jackal
Hear / the beats of a colonial jackal
Fiction
no tiger
Remember Algebra? How they said we would use it in the real world?
Poetry
To the red-winged blackbird who dive-bombs me at 6 a.m.
Bullet-train aeronaut, microwave screech.
Essays
Some Kind of Chain
The first time my 17-year-old daughter’s boyfriend slept over was unintentional.
Interviews
On Performance, Family, and Queerness: A Conversation with Vanessa Godden
Vanessa Godden and I met in 2021 during a residency at Trinity Square Video.
Reviews
The Liar’s Tale: A Review of Christophe Bernard’s The Hollow Beast
All Gaspesians are liars, says a character in Christophe Bernard’s new novel The Hollow Beast.
Longing and Belonging: A Review of Sadi Muktadir’s Land of No Regrets
Sadi Muktadir’s sometimes sombre, sometimes mischievous, but always profound debut novel Land of No Regrets begins with a snippet of Arabic text on its dedication page.
The Mall's Shadow: A Review of Kate Black's Big Mall
Like death and taxes, the existence of the mall feels all but inevitable.
Heaven is Other People: A Review of Angel B.H.’s All Hookers Go to Heaven
“Heaven. That desperately sought-after celestial climax, awarded to those who persevere in a lifelong journey of purity and self-restraint,” muses Magdalena, the protagonist of Angel B.H.'s debut novel, All Hookers Go to Heaven.
