13:1 | Open Theme

POETRY

• Blaine Marchand, THE CRACKING OF FOUNDATIONS \ THE STEALTH OF SNOW
• James B. Nicola, SAILING ON LIGHT
• Susan Buis, SUPERB WHITE-TAILED BUCK
• Nathan Mader, EILMER OF MALMESBURY
• Cj Pellerin, “MODERN” ART ON-GOING STILL (!)
• George Elliott Clarke, WHEATHLY CONSIDERS THE REVOLUTION PRIVATELY (1776) \ GEORGE MOSES HORTON: MY OBSERVATIONS (1829)
• Adam Scheffler, LEAP DAY BIRTHDAY \ IVY LEAGUE GRADUATION SPEECH
• Jan Zwicky, BREAK
• Simon Perchik, * \ *
• Arthur Sze, HOLE
• Josh Stewart, MAKIWARA \ INSANITY AS LOSS
• Carol Moldaw, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL \ KAKAPA BAY
• Joseph Hart, A PHILOSPHY LESSON
• Antony Di Nardo, THE GARDENER
• John Surowiecki, CATBIRD V. MOCKINGBIRD
• Sean Howard, SHADOWGRAPH 141: TO TRACE OUT A SHALLOW FIGURE
• Peter Richardson, BUDDLEIA
• Jim Fisher, BIKE JUMP
• Jan Conn, PINHEIROS DISTRICT
• Adam Lawrence, THE WISH
• Jami Macarty, NOR’EASTER
• Stuart Ian McKay, AN INDENTATION IS ALSO WHERE
• Michael Trussler, CLIO
• John Kinsella, THE METAPHYSICS OF PIGLETS \ SUB-ODE TO LIBERTY
• Ruth Roach Pierson, A NEWFOUNDLAND CHIMERA
• Matt Santateresa, OPPENHEIMER IN THE COMPOUND, GROUND ZERO
• Jan Jorgensen, AT WATER’S EDGE
• John Wall Barger, THE SWANS FLEW OUT OF THE SUN
• Sarah White, PAGE FROM A LOST NOTEBOOK
• Jane Munro, IT’S WINTER THE GODS LOVE

FROM THE VALLUM CHAPBOOK SERIES

• Don McKay, from LARIX

VALLUM AWARD FOR POETRY

• K. T. Billey, 1st Place – GIRL GIVES BIRTH TO THUNDER
• John Sibley, 2nd Place – IT WAS A GOLDEN AGE OF MONTERS

REVIEWS

• Bill Beumire, A Review of MISSION CREEP by Joshua Trotter
• Megan Callahan, A Review of ARDOUR by Nicole Brossard, translated by Angela Carr
• David Swartz, THE FUNNY KIND OF PROPHET SPEAKS; A Review of THE COLLECTED POEMS OF WILLIAM HAWKINS, edited by Cameron Anstee

ART

• Matt Crump, MYSTERY LIGHTS \ FOUR TRUTHS \ RED TRAILER \ CACTUS PATCH \ ICE SKATING \ SPIKY COLOR \ COTTON CANDY DREAMING \ FLAMINGO \ FLAMINGO FLOCK \ COME BACK SOON \ LOVEBIRDS

ADDITIONAL DIGITAL CONTENT

POETRY

• rob mclennan, SELF-PORTRAIT, WITH A GRASSY HUSK,
• Pamela Porter, IN FROM THE SEA
• Henry Kronk, HOT CHIASMUS WINO SEX APPEAL
• Bill Howell, LONG LIST TWIN
• Brent Raycroft, SASKATOON AT THE END OF JUNE***
• Jami Macarty, HELICOPTER***
• Amy Bagwell, HE TOOK HER NAME ACROSS THE WATER
• kevin martins mcpherson eckhoff, UNTITLED
• Robert Martin Evans, MARINA

VALLUM AWARD FOR POETRY (Honourable Mentions)

• Joan Crate, VICARIOUS
• Grace Vermeer, FINDING THE FIELD WITH NO ROADS
• Maxence Yaëlle, THE OUTSIDER
• Alycia Pirmohamed, THEY WERE THERE

INTERVIEW

• Henry Kronk, An audio interview with METATRON

REVIEW

• Megan Callahan, TEEN SURF GOTH by Oscar D’Artois

***Select poems can be read online for free. To read the entire issue, purchase 13:1.