FIG LEAVES In our doing and undoing, in our designs, the nakedness we try to hide: the corpse beneath the sheet laid out upon a stainless table. Plainly there, plainly. But we go on in our intricate designs. The clink of glasses, a swirl of opulence upon a porcelain plate, the tasteful tie…
TABLE OF CONTENT
POETRY
- Leland James, FIG LEAVES \ LUST AND THE COSMOS
- Christopher Levenson, ESTRANGEMENT \ A FINE LINE
- Jime Fisher, “HOW BLUEGRASS DESTROYED MY LIFE”
- James W. Wood, HEARTBLEED VIRUS
- Eduardo Chirinos, English translations by G. J. Racz LO QUE MI PADRE QUIERE REALMENT DE MI \ POEMA QUE EMPIEZA CON UN VERSO DE DUNCAN (translated by G. J. Racz)
- Glenn Hayes, THE BRIDGE
- James K. Zimmerman, EPIPHANY
- Andrew Petrucci, PORTRAIT OF TECUMSEH
- Jeanette Vo, MIRRORS
- Antony Di Nardo, THERE’S NO HORSING AROUND
- Nyla Matuk, FAMILY HEIRLOOMS***
- Jennifer Footman, THINGS SHE IS AFRAID TO DO IN AMSTERDAM
- Tim Lilburn, HUMMINGBIRD
- Simon Perchik, *
- Cam Scott, OIKONOMOS
- Barry Butson, RUNNING AROUND LISTENING TO THE CARS
- Miki Fukuda, THE FALL***
- Paul-Georges Leroux , LE LIVRE DES MUTATIONS (BOOK OF CHANGES) \ LE THORKELL MÁNI (THE THORKELL MÁNI)
- David Romanda, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
- Sebastien Wen, PTERYGOTA
- Jay Winston Ritchie, THE WAY THE WATER IS VS THE WAY THE WATER WAS
- Kristjana Gunners, MANIFESTATION
- Michael Quilty, CONCUSSION 0H08D
- Paul Vermeersch, DETROIT \ MOTEL
- Patrick Sylvain, A REALM (NAMING THE IS)
- Pamela Porter, HOW DELICATE
- Laura Matwichuk, DECOMISSIONED PLANES
- Adam Lawrence, CUTICLE
- Shawn Fawson, NOTES ON SHUTTER SPEED
- Genevieve MacKay, ODYSSEUS
VALLUM AWARD FOR POETRY
- Alexei Perry Cox, 1st Place – THE LONG STUDY
- Carla Barkman, 2nd Place – LAST EVENING I STUMBLED
- Susan Hughson, Honourable Mention – APPLE TO APPLE
- Domenico Capilongo, Honourable Mention – PASS THE NOTE
REVIEWS
- Danny Jacobs, MAVOR’S BONES by Rolli
- Frances Bianco, METROPANTHEON by Steven Artell
- David Swartz, WHAT DOES A HOUSE WANT? Selected Poems by Gary Geddes
- Eleni Zisimatos, THE POETIC EDDA. Translated by Jeramy Dodds
ART
- Maia Flore, photographs from SLEEP ELEVATIONS, MORNING SCULPTURES, SITUATIONS, and DIARY series