PRISM International Magazine
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PRISM international is a quarterly literary magazine based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It publishes fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and short forms from established and emerging writers in Canada and around the world.
PRISM International Magazine
1w ago
Big Shadowby Marta BalcewiczBook*hug Press, 2023 Review by Kristina Rothstein The Big Shadow is coming. Judy has just finished high school and is on the brink of university, adulthood, and a whole new life. She is also tasked with watching the sky for signs of the Big Shadow: a presence or absence that might take ..read more
PRISM International Magazine
1w ago
PRISM Prompts is a treasure chest full of muses, wonderings, and inspiration for both seasoned writers who are itching for a new approach to their craft and new writers who are looking for a place to get started, somewhere outside of the blank page. Turn the key, lift the lid, and look inside. Take whatever shines the ..read more
PRISM International Magazine
2w ago
Anaïs Nin: A Sea of LiesLéonie Bischoff (Translated by Jenna Allen)Fantagraphics, 2023 Review by Victoria McIntyre In Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies, twisted multicoloured strands of pencil crayon depict the life and budding yearnings of the famous writer. Nin is mostly known for her gripping personal diaries and groundbreaking work writing erotica from the ..read more
PRISM International Magazine
3w ago
Photo submitted by author Interview by Renee Cronley Finnian Burnett is a writer and educator with a doctoral degree focused on using story-based pedagogy to establish equity in multicultural classrooms. Several years ago, we connected through the Facebook group Canada Writes and I became an avid fan of their work. So I was thrilled to ..read more
PRISM International Magazine
1M ago
The FutureCatherine Leroux (Translated by Susan Ouriou)Biblioasis, 2023 Review by Marcie McCauley Catherine Leroux’s novel The Future (freshly translated by Susan Ouriou) presents a complex, layered story that probes how people navigate turbulent times, alone and together. She asks how we preclude and invite possibilities, and whether our relationship to change causes harm or helps. ..read more
PRISM International Magazine
1M ago
Silver RepetitionLily WangHouse of Anansi Press, 2024 Review by Maria Isabel Martinez In the opening pages of Lily Wang’s debut novel Silver Repetition, Yué Yué is at the Poetry Jazz Café with her date Johnny, whose friend is in the band performing on stage. It is a scene plucked from any contemporary twenty-something-year-old’s life: Yu ..read more
PRISM International Magazine
2M ago
The BoulevardJerrod EdsonGalleon Books, 2023 Review by Steven Mayoff On a train trip through Hell’s outer reaches to find Vincent Van Gogh, the Devil tells Ernest Hemingway about when God banished him and his angelic cohort from the vibrant gardens of Heaven to the gloomy depths of Hell. This is the tantalizing premise of Jerrod ..read more
PRISM International Magazine
2M ago
PRISM Prompts is a treasure chest full of muses, wonderings, and inspiration for both seasoned writers who are itching for a new approach to their craft and new writers who are looking for a place to get started, somewhere outside of the blank page. Turn the key, lift the lid, and look inside. Take whatever shines the ..read more
PRISM International Magazine
3M ago
Photo Credit (left): Emma GorstPhoto Credit (right): Carole WaceyInterview by Helen Marshall and Daniel A. Rabuzzi Helen and Daniel met at the Toronto SpecFic Colloquium in 2011, and have been professional colleagues ever since. Helen was an editor on Daniel’s second novel, much to Daniel’s lasting gratitude. Daniel is an avid reader of Helen’s work ..read more
PRISM International Magazine
3M ago
Light SpillLaura Mota-Juang Block Party, 2023 Review by Bridget Huh Laura Mota-Juang’s imaginative debut chapbook, Light Spill, creates an electrifying atmosphere where abstract concepts and intimate longings alike materialize in startlingly luminous forms. These are poems committed to stretching the laws of physics as far as they will go, experiments in time and distance as ..read more