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Stop! Look! Listen! John McNeil's Reading Recommendation
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In the acknowledgements section of Tolu Oloruntoba’s celebrated collection, The Junta of Happenstance (Palimpsest Press, 2021), he thanks American poet Kimiko Hahn for two profound words of advice: “risk clarity.” He says (rather modestly) that he knows he
Stop! Look! Listen! Alexandra Oliver’s Listening Recommendation
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Ask me about my favourite record and I’ll tell you it’s The Nightfly
Stop! Look! Listen Erin Wilson’s Reading Recommendation
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I have to be careful as a reader of poetry to allow enough room for the diversity of voices and approaches. For instance, very early on I was struck, convinced, intoxicated with Jack Gilbert's work.
Features
Creative Nonfiction
Excerpt from "The Bridge" by Kimberly Foulger
Excerpt from Issue 306 (Winter 2026)
"The Bridge" by Kimberly Foulger
Content note: discusses child abuse.
Fiction
Excerpt from "Faultline" by Ariadne Asho
Excerpt from Issue 306 (Winter 2026)
"Faultline" by Ariadne Asho
Winner of The Fiddlehead's 2025 Fiction Contest
The car stopped at a field full of houses. Houses like autumn squash. Houses like spiral-rolled bales of hay.
Poetry
"Love Poems for Landlords" by Geordie Miller
An excerpt from Issue 306 (Winter 2026)
— Geordie Miller teaches at Mount Allison University. His coauthored long poem, Disharmonies (Hardscrabble Press, 2022), addresses the topic of revolutionary commitment in dialogue with Marilyn Lerch. He is currently completing a poetry manuscript with his sister, Kate Miller.
"In Kelowna" by Vivek Sharma
"My Mother's Hair" by Nancy Holmes
"have you seen my father" by Jaeyun Yoo
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Stop! Look! Listen! John McNeil's Reading Recommendation
In the acknowledgements section of Tolu Oloruntoba’s celebrated collection, The Junta of Happenstance
Interviews
An Interview with Ariadne Asho
Editorial Assistant Anastasios Mihalopoulos' Interview with 2025 Fiction Contest winner Ariadne Asho whose story "Faultline" was published in Issue 306 (Winter 2026)