This issue explores various representations of fear, considered by some to be the most destructive of human emotions. From fears of loss, physical pain, death, or a visit to the doctor, fear has its way of worming into our hearts and minds. What emerges is an experience of fear as something both real and imagined, ephemeral and chemical, making for a visceral, relatable, and at times, a gut-churning read.
Including poetry by Nicole Brossard, Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang, Carolyn Marie Souaid, Roberta Senechal de la Roche and more; an interview with the owners of Montreal’s iconic bookstore, The Word; reviews of Eleni Zisimatos’ Nearly Terminal, Armand Garnet Ruffo’s Treaty #, Hugh Thomas’ Maze, Dina del Bucchia’s It’s A Big Deal!; and poetry by the winner of the 2019 Vallum Chapbook Award, Alexei Perry Cox, and finalists Jan Jorgensen and Jay Kidd.
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Table of contents
POETRY
- Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang, WORMS
- Carolyn Marie Souaid, THE INADEQUACY OF THE PRESENT
- Jade Riordan, TOOL OF REGRET
- Lou Vani, YES I CAN RECALL THE IVY
- Michael Trussler, THE NIGHTS THE CHILD DREAMS OF NUMBERS
- Christina Shah, DIG IN
- Nicole Brossard, A SUDDEN CRACK
- Rob Taylor, THE ARTIST
- Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto, I FIND IT HARD BEGINNING A POEM SOMETIMES:
- Charles Joseph Albert, L’ACCIDENT
- Brian Campbell, FEAR
- Leland James, NEMESES
- Michael Mirolla, ID-ENTITY
- Jon Alston, (UNTITLED)
- Malcolm Miller, NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
- Andréa Isaak, PANIC SLOPE
- Jan Jorgensen, WHAT IF YOU
- P Sazani, HOW TO SPILL AND BE SPILLED
- Kulbir Saran, THE REAL BOY
- Jan Conn, DEAR ACCELERANT
- Sharon Black, THE STORM
- Christine Beck, I AM OKAY
- Hugh Anderson, THE SAME SHADOWS
- Peter Norman, OUTSIDE
- Deborah Bacharach, VALENTINE’S DAY WITH TEENAGER
- Benjamin J. Brezner, RECONSTRUCTION
- Michael Penny, MYSTERY
- christian favreau, FUTURE PROCHE
- George Elliott Clarke, DANIEL VI.
- Clara Blackwood, FIXED STARS
- Leslie Timmins, MERCY
- Tom Paine, RED TAG
- Kevin Honold, SOME LETTERS TO CABEZA DE VACA
- John Linstrom, DISCLAIMER
- Adam Scheffler, FIVE-FINGER DISCOUNT
- Cara Nelissen, HELPFUL TIPS FOR THE BEREAVED
- Karen Enns, NOT EXACTLY DAWN
- Dilys Leman, THERE ARE SINGLE WORDS
- Bob MacKenzie, FOOTSTEPS IN THE GARDEN
- Roberta Senechal de la Roche, REFLECTIONS ON A PARALLEL UNIVERSE
VALLUM CHAPBOOK AWARD 2019
- Alexei Perry Cox, Contest Winner – from FINDING PLACES TO MAKE PLACES
- Jan Jorgensen, Honorable Mention – from THE INFINITE SIGNIFICANCE OF TREES
- Jay Kidd, Honorable Mention – from AFTER AIDS
INTERVIEW
- Rosie Long Decter, INSIDE THE WORD: A conversation with the owners of Montreal’s iconic bookstore
REVIEWS
- Bill Neumire, Review of NEARLY TERMINAL by Eleni Zisimatos \ Review of TREATY # by Armand Garnet Ruffo
- Mary di Michele, Review of IT’S A BIG DEAL! by Dina Del Bucchia
- rob mclennan, Review of MAZE by Hugh Thomas
ART
- Andrew Waits, Various works from the series APORIA
DIGITAL EXTRAS
- Tom Wayman, STORM ON THE MOUNTAIN
- Susan Ioannou, FULL MOON
- Kevin Irie, NIGHT FEAR
- Anzhelina Polonskaya, FAR FROM EVERYONE
- Frances Boyle, MANOEUVRE
- Sabyasachi Nag, THE BURNING MAPLE***
- Mark Laliberte, BLOT (2016)
- Michael J. Shepley, SHOCK & AWE
- Cassidy McFadzean, THIRD EYE
- Marjorie Poor, THE HAUNTED
- Domenico Capilongo, ASPARTAME NOUN
- émilie kneifel, AH***
- Alex Manley, COMMITMENT
- Andy McGuire, FROM THE BOOK OF PHOBIAS
- Claire Kelly, MOON’S CAPE
- Laura Glenn, BRIEF FLIGHT
- The Erasing Frankenstein Collective, MONSTER IN THE MIRROR
***Select poems can be read online for free. To read the entire issue, purchase 16:2.
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