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The cover of Issue 307 featuring the painting "Lilas, 2023" by Raymond Martin. On a yellow background, a woman in a white dress holds a lilac branch twice her size in one hand.

Charles Carroll Reviews An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze

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Sounds From a Black Square 
An Orange, A Syllable, Gillian Sze. ECW Press, 2025. 

The mouth is where it all begins. The mouth is where we are nourished as infants and where we cry for more. Words may form in our heads, but they become real when they are sounded. Yet it is easy to take speaking for granted. Babies may say “ga-ga” before “mama” or “dada” because the “g” sound is easier to make. It takes time to learn how to form the right words, to properly shape the lips and the tongue to get our meanings across. 

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"The Orange I Promised" by Maryam Hassanat

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A special first look from Issue 309 (Autumn 2026)

The Fiddlehead is sharing a preview of "The Orange I Promised," a poem that will appear in our fall issue but which needs to be read now. It is a poem of witness, addressing the genocide in Gaza from Gaza itself, where Maryam Hasanat survives, writes and parents. 

The cover of Issue 307 featuring the painting "Lilas, 2023" by Raymond Martin. On a yellow background, a woman in a white dress holds a lilac branch twice her size in one hand.
Current Issue: No. 307