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Issue 154

Had It and Lost It

Eric came back with a hundred dollars in twenties and a tooth-shattering grin. I told him to keep the money. It felt good just to have shared my enthusiasm with someone else. “Wow, thanks!” he said. I took another  look at those five green fingers spread across his hand. “Actually, give me forty,” I said. “What for?” “A kid shouldn’t have that much money. And don’t spend that on cigarettes.”
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Issue 154

Cinnamon

“Sit with me. Tell me the story.” Umair’s eyelashes modestly lowered. “My pleasure. Any other orders, madam?” “Where’s my drink?”
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Issue 154

Three Poems

Tonight is like every other night.
Except it’s alone in the world.
And there’s a blade of grass
lying awake
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The Writer’s Corner

August 11, 2020

What is Jerri Jerreat Reading?

What am I reading? That is difficult. There are books piled beside my bed in various states of being read. I noticed the other day, picking up a Tamora Pierce YA fantasy novel downstairs and reading a good chunk in the middle, that it was echoing themes in Crow Winter, a beautiful, contemporary novel by […]

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July 31, 2020

One in the Bow and One in the Stern: Robert Reid and Wesley W. Bates on Casting Their Collaboration

Robert Reid is a writer whose career in journalism spanned forty years. Wesley W. Bates is one of Canada’s best-known wood engravers (whose work appeared on the cover of The New Quarterly’s Issue 138). Both are avid fly fishers. Casting into Mystery, published by The Porcupine’s Quill in February 2020, tackles their love of angling […]

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July 28, 2020

True Story: An Interview with Eufemia Fantetti

Award-winning writer, Humber Literary Review (HLR) editor and writing prof extraordinaire Eufemia Fantetti released My Father, Fortunetellers and Me: A Memoir to great acclaim in 2019—the Toronto launch a spectacular blend of Italian hospitality, riveting tarot readings, and Eufemia’s not-to-be-missed on-stage interview with her father.  TNQ subscribers can read an excerpt from the book here. […]

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