with the gore and the glass and the reek it is towed to town, the wrecker breaking down before a schoolyard and the children all come running forth to see the dead within: Bonnie’s lip near severed from her mouth, Clyde with his head blown open, the hum of heat and the insects never yielding […] More »
Introduction by Lynn Crosbie Paule—a lovely soft-spoken young woman who will, in a surprisingly steely way, make sure you pronounce her name properly (“Powle”)—is a former student of mine, attending OCAD University. Dreamy-eyed and quiet, she made herself known to me by her presence, which is formidable; then, subsequently, by the written work she submitted. […] More »
Former Girl Guide goes camping I spelled Cassiopeia to earn the astronomy badge, carpooled to the planetarium. Concentric circles of blue dresses. Phoebe rings, falling star, meteorite. A girl’s right hand on my left armrest. My gaze strung between the Milky Way, the reef knot moving at her throat. Ten years later, you inherit an […] More »
We’re posting the winners of the 2010 Great Canadian Literary Hunt all this week. Come back daily for amazing new poetry, fiction, and graphic narrative. And stay tuned for the 2011 contest announcement, coming in January… Heard myself speak fluently in my own language, have heard myself too described as hard work (as hard to […] More »
We’re posting the winners of the 2010 Great Canadian Literary Hunt all this week. Come back daily for amazing new poetry, fiction, and graphic narrative. And stay tuned for the 2011 contest announcement, coming in January… The path behind Ganden cuts through a clutch of wild flowers, continues beneath a flutter of prayer flags and […] More »
We’re posting the winners of the 2010 Great Canadian Literary Hunt all this week. Come back daily for amazing new poetry, fiction, and graphic narrative. And stay tuned for the 2011 contest announcement, coming in January… how to fix a broken zipper: if the slider falls off don’t panic, slip it in your pocket until […] More »
Chewing Each Other the delectable year of ear nips replacing gum. you keep the crisp crunch of sugar intact. I suction out a tug of self-esteem. rubbery, it fit inside a jelly bean that summer I spent calling every porsche funny-bum and laughing on a loop. that time when the throat sprouted spontaneous salivary glands […] More »
Editor’s note: We’re posting the winners of the 2009 Great Canadian Literary Hunt to promote the 2010 contest. Look for one new poem and short story each day the rest of this week. Enter today and you could be published in This Magazine, and win a cash prize of $750! After the weeding and wilting, […] More »
Editor’s note: We’re posting the winners of the 2009 Great Canadian Literary Hunt to promote the 2010 contest. Look for one new poem and short story each day the rest of this week. Enter today and you could be published in This Magazine, and win a cash prize of $750! I’m addicted to the real […] More »
Editor’s note: We’re posting the winners of the 2009 Great Canadian Literary Hunt to promote the 2010 contest. Look for one new poem and short story each day the rest of this week. Enter today and you could be published in This Magazine, and win a cash prize of $750! I am attempting to understand. […] More »
Red Book There is a little red book in which I etch occasions that seemed to matter to us for the sake of a future encounter with engraved instances that will make a boy or girl with something of my genetic structure unknowingly sad. This little red book is a little red bird, lost in […] More »