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The Current Issue: Winter 2024 Vol. 131 No. 4
Winter 2024 Vol. 131 No. 4
Cover artwork by Line dufour
Line Dufour is a textile artist, tapestry weaver and writer/poet. Her art work has been featured in international exhibitions: across the USA and Canada, the UK, Colombia, Uruguay, Germany, Ireland, China, Spain, Portugal. An assortment of publications have spotlighted her tapestries, including the book, Tapestry by Barty Phillips, published by Phaidon Press, as well as the Art is the Cloth by Micala Sidore.
She obtained her Master's with Distinction in Creative Writing and Critical Thinking from the University of Gloucestershire. Her chapbook, Spade Work was recently published by Espresso Chapbooks in Toronto. Her short story Exile appeared in two anthologies: Raconter ton Histoire, published by La Maison de la Littérature in Québec City and A World of Difference, published by the University of Gloucestershire. Two poems also appeared in the former publication. Finding the Words appeared in Queen's Quarterly, along with its accompanying artwork in its April 2024 issue. Her short story, Asylum, was long listed for the 2023 CBC Nonfiction short story prize.
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From the Editor - Winter 2024 ~ From the Editor
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Becoming Santa ~ Anthony Jenkins
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Eve Shaves Her Legs (poem) ~ Kerry Desrochers
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You Have Mail (1) (poem) ~ Carol Shillibeer
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Death on the Lake ~ Greta Cleynhens
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Forgive me, Father – (poem) ~ J.D. Harlock
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Here Be Monsters ~ Wayne Grady
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You Have Mail (2) (poem) ~ Carol Shillibeer
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song sparrow, fallen (poem) ~ Jeevan Bhagwat
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Pre-War Photos (poem) ~ Kevin Irie
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Snapshot (poem) ~ William Virgil Davis
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The Sulking Wife (poem) ~ Tanya Tomasch
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Blue House on the River Delta ~ Olivia Van Guinn & Emmery Poppleton
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That’s Not a Piñata, That’s a Hornets’ Nest (poem) ~ Darrell Epp
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You Have Mail (3) (poem) ~ Carol Shillibeer
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My Neighbour ~ Zary Fekete
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An underwater root for aggression (poem) ~ Gillian Harding-Russell
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John K. Samson, Addressed by Questions (poem) ~ Sean Meggeson
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Earth to Tables ~ Bryan Demchinsky
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Cappuccino (poem) ~ Eniola Ajao
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little girl asks (poem) ~ Kerry Desrochers
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Oh Well, Parts One and Two ~ Mark Anthony Jarman
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My father, a horse whisperer (poem) ~ Maria Giesbrecht
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Paradise Promised, “Woman, Life, Freedom” Lost (poem) ~ Glenn Arthur Sweazey
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Daughter of God (poem) ~ Peter Unwin
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Rethinking the Conquest in Canada ~ Jeffery Vacante
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The Birdhouse (poem) ~ Susan K. Gray
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You Have Mail (4) (poem) ~ Carol Shillibeer
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mind/matter (poem) ~ Maleeha Farooq
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Southwest Ontario (poem) ~ Michael Hall
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Good Old Canada ~ William Kitcher
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Infinite Sorrow (poem) ~ Tanya Tomasch
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The Sea Rose (poem) ~ Natalie Rice
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Continuity (poem) ~ Diane Massam
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BPD Insurrection (poem) ~ Shane Neilson
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Ode to Joy (poem) ~ Erin Wilson
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