If I were to choose a last book to finish off my life with the way one might choose a last meal, I’d choose Anne-Marie Turza’s The Quiet. Even after years of rereading, I’m still moved to think and look and breathe differently after spending time with it, asked to attune to smaller, overlooked orders of life.
— Jason Purcell is a writer and musician from amiskwacîwâskahikan, Treaty 6 (Edmonton, Alberta). Their work has been published in Contemporary Verse 2, Prairie Fire, and The Malahat Review, among others. They are the author of Swollening (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022) and Crohnic (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2025).
You can read Jason Purcell’s poem "On Changing Doses" in Issue 308 (Summer 2026) Disability: The Revolution. Order the issue now:
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