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The Wall
I am shocked to be published in 2023. Between 1992 and 2012, I published somewhere between two and four works in literary journals every year with one or two exceptions. After that, a dry spell that wouldn’t end until 2016. Then nothing until now, with my story, “Mach 22,” published in The Malahat Review. If my identity and work were becoming “problematic” in 2010, by 2020 it felt like I was blacklisted. Why does it matter? If you’re not able to publish in journals, you’ll never be eligible to win [...]
Art Moore and the renaming of things
Photo credit: Corrine May Gerald Arthur (Art) Moore is a high school teacher, rugby coach and university lecturer. [...]
My (small press) writing day
A few weeks ago, rob mclennan published my entry for his latest project "My (small press) writing day". He's doing [...]
Rob Taylor, a blatant self-promoter since 2006
Credit: Marta Taylor Rob Taylor is the author of the poetry collections "Oh Not So Great": Poems from [...]
Beautiful lies
If you feel shut out and shut down because the oppressive and ever-present patriarchy that rules every editor's desk leads [...]
Writing up, writing down
Male and white AF, the bastard had it coming. My recent interview with Sarah Taggart brought up the [...]
Sarah Taggart is a meat popsicle
Photo credit: Ravin Bansie Sarah L. Taggart has published in The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, Journey Prize Stories [...]
Finding Michael Meagher
Bio: I was born and raised in Ontario, then spent most of my twenties roofing, landscaping, and manual labouring in [...]
Caroline Adderson and Vancouver Vanishes
Photo credit: Rafal Gerszak Caroline Adderson is the award-winning author of four novels, two collections of short stories, [...]
You’re so vain, you probably thought this award was about you
Recently I submitted an application to the National Magazine Awards at a cost of $107.35, even though that's not the [...]
Feeling fat with Lucas Crawford
Lucas Crawford, born in Halifax and raised in rural Nova Scotia, is a poet and Assistant Professor of English Literature [...]
Linda Field puts her back into it
If I could choose between a curt "no" and a lengthy rejection, it wouldn't be an easy choice. With no [...]
Reneé Bibby and the land of open carry
Reneé Bibby is the director of The Writers Studio Tucson, where she teaches advanced and beginner creative writing workshops. Her [...]