HER FIRST FIRST NATIONS BOYFRIEND That summer she saddled a cabin of tank tops and shorts and rode them every day. But at night, the counsellors collected elsewhere. She spent her time speculating: which cigarette liked which scrunchie? The older blonds, coasting between semesters of limestone, got claimed pronto. The juniors breathed in…
TABLE OF CONTENT
POETRY
- Anthony Labriola, TRANSMUTATIONS
- Erín Moure, TR-LATING WILSON BUENO \ NAMLOZ+
- Rick Cummings, RAGGED
- Phil Hall, THE LEAP
- Howard Wright, THE WESTERN STRAND
- Jessica Bebenek, THE WORLD WITHOUT
- Shane Book, 20
- Sonnet L’Abbé, XLV
- John Mann, TEXT ME WHEN YOU’RE DONE, WORLD
- Adam Lawrence, EVOLUTION
- Brent Cassan, SHIFTS OF BEING
- Dan Murphy, HUNTER GATHERER
- Crystal Hurdle, BOG PEOPLE
- Andy Lee, CARBON COPY
- Pamela Porter, RUPTURE
- J. Mark Smith, PRAYER FOR C. ELEGANS AND H. SAPIENS
- Jeffrey Mackie, THE DAYS
- Tara Dourian, SAN GREGORIO
- Joseph Hart, STRANDED
- George Elliott Clarke, THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (II)
- Maureen Korp, OAHU
- Jonathan Garfinkel, BOCIANY (STORKS): AFTER CHEŁMOŃSKI
- Kian Vaziri-Tehrani, ZOOM OUT / ZOOM IN
- Carolyne Wright, SYLLABIC ACROSTIC: HOODOOS (BRYCE CANYON)
- Richard Kostelanetz, EARNEST / DOTAGE
CONTEST
- E. Canine McJabber, First place – TO MY MOTHER, ALOUD
- James McKee, Second place – TO A YOUNG MAN SEEN WEARING A BOW TIE
- Sue Reynolds, Honourable Mention – HER FIRST FIRST NATIONS BOYFRIEND
- Salvatore Difalco, Honourable Mention – JOY
- Maria José Giménez, Honourable Mention – A FLOR DE PIEL
- Catriona Wright, Honourable Mention – DIETARY RESTRICTION
REVIEWS
- A.F. Moritz, “Out of Certain Mud, We Rose”: A Review of Brian Campbell’s SHIMMER REPORT
- Klara du Plessis, A Review of Alex Manley’s WE ARE ALL JUST ANIMALS & PLANTS \ A Review of Steven Heighton’s THE WAKING COMES LATE
- Bill Neumire, A Review of Rob Taylor’s THE NEWS
- Domenica Martinello, A Review of Laura Broadbent’s IN ON THE GREAT JOKE
ART
- Jason deCaires Taylor, Various works
DIGITAL EXTRAS
- Chris Riddell, LAKESHORE***
- Alan Reed, AND THE GRASS, IT GROWS
- Mike Caesar, AVES***
- Richard Kostelanetz, EMBELLISH \ EATEN
INTERVIEWS
- Natalie Levtova, NOT THROWING PIES: A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY MCGUIRE
- Henry Kronk, EXCERPT FROM A CONVERSATION WITH BILLY MAVREAS
ART
- Tim Deverell, THE BELL