Sue Reynolds | HER FIRST FIRST NATIONS BOYFRIEND, Vallum Award for Poetry Honourable Mention,

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…

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TABLE OF CONTENT

POETRY

CONTEST

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

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
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