Gatherings | Issue 31
December 24, 2023, London, OntarioMy NewsAnecdotes has gone into a second printing, which I’m very excited about! Thanks to everyone who has bought and shared this book!
I was over the moon to discover Michael Bryson has written a review of Anecdotes alongside a review of Daughter by Claudia Dey, which I’m very excited to read.
I also recommend subscribing to Michael’s Substack where you’ll find original writing by Bryson along with wonderful reviews and other “scribblings”.
Toronto friends Anecdotes e-book now available at the TPL!
I have a reading coming up in Victoria on Thursday January 25 at the Wild Prose Reading Series hosted by Susan Sanford Blades.
GatheringsGreat conversation between Sim Kern and Rashid Khalidi
“Revision” by Hala Alyan
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A post shared by @legshernandezMichael V. Smith on the Unexpected Journey of His Spectacular Seventh Book, Queers Like Me, Open Book
I’m currently reading Only Sisters by Lilian Nattel and loving it for Nattel’s portrayal of deeply complex family dynamics.
Writer admits to review-bombing, New York Times
Jessica Westhead is teaching an online fiction course at U of T! Register now. Also check out Westhead’s excellent new short fiction collection, Avalanche, which I’m also reading.
Lisa Bird-Wilson in conversation with Tim Blackett about his new story collection Grandview Drive (Nightwood Books).
Sign up for Reading & Writing through Poetry is Queer with Kirby (in person & online)
Calls for Submission
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A post shared by @traps_mtlRoom Magazine has put together a list of submission opportunities for writers
Send My Love to Anyone contributor Francine Cunningham is judging the Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers from the Writers Union of Canada
Recommended Substacks
Art / Life: Scribblings by Michael BrysonBook ReviewsAnecdotes by Kathryn Mockler (2023) Daughter by Claudia Dey (2023) As I considered how to begin a review of Anecdotes, Kathryn Mockler's new (2023) "instant 'post hope' classic" — more on that quotation in a moment — I took a peak at theglobeandmail.com and caught this headline: …Read more16 days ago · 2 likes · 1 comment · Michael Bryson
Poetry in PlayDecember 10, Human Rights DayThe celebration first. If you are in London ON, join us for Carols & Poems today 3-4:30 at Grosvenor Lodge. A little sneak peak of a rehearsal with Lucas Tenzen. This is an excerpt from my poem called ‘Synaesthetics’ (Barbaric Cultural Practice): . https://www.facebook.com/messenger_media/?attachment_id=1348211156083463&message_id=mid.%24cAABa9DVeQt2ShSG…Read more16 days ago · 3 likes · Penn Kemp
The Audacity.SuicidesEvery two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, we are publishing “Suicides” by Aishah Simone Smith. Aishah is a Brooklyn native and novice writer who has had a thirty-year career in law and advocacy. She writes from the intersection of race, trauma and mental illness…Read more6 days ago · 202 likes · 38 comments · Aishah Simone
Reframeables Podcast and NewsletterReframing Trauma Through Pop Culture with Jen Sookfong LeePop culture is supposed to be light — downright breezy. Or, as we discovered in our conversation with celebrated Canadian author Jen Sookfong Lee, it can be something more: a bridge to navigating the complexities of intergenerational trauma, reckoning with one’s place in the world, and, perhaps most poignantly, facing the self. We hope you are able to t…Read more2 months ago · 1 like · Rebecca Davey and Natalie Davey
The Art of Flash Fiction Time, Movement, Change: The Engine of Flash “Persistence of Memory” ~Salvador Dali, 1931 Hi friends, The Art of Flash Fiction is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscr…Read more11 days ago · 42 likes · 19 comments · Kathy FishSupport Send My Love to AnyoneThis newsletter is free, but you can support it by signing up for a monthly or yearly subscription, liking this post, or sharing it!
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