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The Current Issue: Spring 2024 Vol. 131 No. 1
Spring 2024 Vol. 131 No. 1
IMAGE CREDIT: Inside and outside cover images by Jen Osborne.
Jen Osborne is a Canadian photographer who has published and exhibited photographs and videos internationally. Her work has appeared in Stern, the New York Times, the Sunday Times, GQ, Mother Jones, Vice, Esquire, Vanity Fair Italy, and IO Donna, among other publications. Her images have also been shown at such venues as Visa pour l’Image 2022 and 2016, Athens Photo Festival 2020, Aperture Gallery, Musée de l’Elysée, the Denver Biennial, and Arles 2010.
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Spring 2024 - From the Editor ~ From the Editor
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Stitch (poem) ~ Josiah Nelson
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Ouvertures/Openings (poem) ~ Laurier Veilleux (artwork) ~ Denise Campillo
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On Having Given Up the Piano ~ Susan Glickman
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Hum (poem) ~ Tom Wayman
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Vancouver, I Love You, but You’re Bringing Me Down (Part Two) ~ Tanya Tomasch
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Wedding Banquet (poem) ~ Jean Eng
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The Shahada ~ Sarah El Sioufi
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Haifa ~ Aaron Rabinowitz
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What I Can Count on (or Not) (poem) ~ Salma Hussain
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Rocky Road ~ Peter Wood
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The Warrior Clown (poem) ~ Greg Grace
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Homeward Bound: From Santa Cruz to Kingston ~ Ian Birch
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Rosie’s Rock (poem) ~ Anthony Purdy
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Strange Sleeps I’ve Had ~ Emily R. Zarevich
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The Weeping Skull ~ Paulo Da Costa
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Home to Canada and the Women’s Court ~ Richard Brait
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Book Club ~ Preston Lang
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Jesus Heals the Man Among the Tombs (poem) ~ Greg Grace
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Eyeshine ~ Adrian Markle
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How Pure ~ Tanya Tomasch
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Mothers ~ David Malone
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Hephaestus (poem) ~ Matthew Rooney
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David Dies ~ Connie Levert
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Concession Road A (poem) ~ Kenneth Sherman
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A Great Torontonian Power Couple ~ Emily R. Zarevich
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The Woods Are Running Out of Rabbits (poem) ~ Bill Howell
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Finding the Words (poem) ~ Line Dufour
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Four Market Days (poem) ~ Anayo Dioha
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Where Jesus Is Straying (poem) ~ Greg Grace
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My Father’s Daughter ~ Pamela Hensley
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Spring (poem) ~ Shauna Checkley
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