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Issue 146

Atomic Tangerine

From that point on, I was never sure she knew my name or that I was her daughter. I didn’t ask or test her, to preserve my dignity as much as her own. Still, when she saw me, she showed pleasure, as if she knew somehow that I mattered to her—that I belonged to her, or perhaps she to me. Read more.

Marion Agnew in
Issue 146

Stunts

“I’m getting too old to hop on buses just to go here and there” is what Mrs. Mueller says whenever the invitation is extended (much to Tom’s relief ). Mr. Mueller, on the other hand, is something of a shy man, especially around his son. He wouldn’t dream of going up to Toronto without his wife, and someone, he says, needs to keep an eye on the old farmhouse. Read more.

Ron Schafrick in
Issue 141

Olly Olly Oxen Free

Fiona is watching Leo eat his breakfast. She has some information she should convey to him—information she has been caressing mentally the way she would caress a smooth stone hidden in her pocket. Read more.

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The Writer’s Corner

May 22, 2018

Writing Spaces: Marion Agnew

This week in Writing Spaces, we take a look at the working space of Marion Agnew, author of “Atomic Tangerine” in Issue #146. Office 2018: My office is in our house’s walk-out basement, and many months of the year I look at snowdrifts or the frozen surface of Lake Superior. That’s why I created the […]

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May 22, 2018

Writing Spaces Reading Spaces: Ron Schafrick

This week in Writing Spaces, we take a look at the reading space of Ron Schafrick, author of “Stunts” in Issue #146. Ron has previously shared his writing space with us here.   Reading Space 1: Most evenings I spend reading on the living room sofa, and on the end table beside me is my […]

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May 14, 2018

Writing Spaces: Rebecca Papucaru

This week in Writing Spaces, we take a look at the working space of Rebecca Papucaru, author of Three Poems in Issue #146. Subscribers can read Rebecca’s poems, “Lobster Dinner,” “My Anne,” and “The Panic Room (Glue Ear at Forty-Five)” here. This is an exercise in shame, describing my writing spaces, and not just because I […]

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May 14, 2018

Writing Spaces: J.R. McConvey

This week in Writing Spaces, we take a look at the working space of J.R. McConvey, author of “Sheepasnörus Rex” in Issue #146. The giant squid is one of the few species humans haven’t learned to hunt. We know it’s real, but it’s so elusive that we understand very little about it; it exists half […]

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May 9, 2018

All Things Literary for The New Quarterly

Kitchener-Waterloo’s own The New Quarterly (TNQ), a small but feisty literary magazine, garnered three nominations at this year’s National Magazine Awards. The nominations were announced in early May. The New Quarterly has earned two nominations in the Fiction category as well as one for Poetry. The competition was strong as close to 200 Canadian print […]

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May 7, 2018

Writing Spaces: Sue Bracken

This week in Writing Spaces, we take a look at the working space of Sue Bracken, author of “Echame Flores” in Issue #146.   My writing room is affectionately called The Tower, being the only room on the 3rd floor. The elements are accentuated up here, probably because all four walls and the roof are […]

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Issue 146

IF ON THE WAY YOU WANDER: in which we come to terms with our daughter's sexuality, suffer a visit from our mother, wreak havoc on our child's toy, and get naked to spy on our neighbours.

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