The forthcoming Winter 2023 issue of The Fiddlehead is now available for pre-order!
The issue will feature the winning story from The Fiddlehead's 2022 Fiction Contest, as well as work from talented writers such as Alice Zorn, Abu Bakr Sadiq, Kate Cayley, Brian Bartlett and many more.
Pre-orders will be in the mail by the end of January. To order your copy click the appropriate link below:
John Barton: Gay Canlit Icon
We Are Not Avatars, John Barton. Palimpsest Press, 2019.
When I told a friend I was about to write a review of We Are Not Avatars (Palimpsest Press, 2019), a collection of John Barton’s essays, memoirs, and manifestos, they looked at me quizzically and suggested I’d set myself on an unrealistic challenge, for how can anyone critique an icon? My friend gave me pause because I never considered John Barton to be one.
Poets as Observers of Space and Absence
Quiet Night Think, Gillian Sze. ECW Press, 2022.
I first came to Gillian Sze’s work through her chapbook, Fricatives. Fricatives has lingered in the back of my mind for years, and Sze’s latest collection of poems and essays, Quiet Night Think, will no doubt do the same. Comprised of six personal essays interspersed with poems, Quiet Night Think meditates on poetry and motherhood. Where do these intersect, and where do they diverge?
The forthcoming Autumn 2022 issue of The Fiddlehead is now available for pre-order!
The issue will feature the winning essay from The Fiddlehead's 2022 Creative Nonfiction Contest, as well as work from award-winning authors such as Tolu Oloruntoba, Corinna Chong and many more.
Pre-orders will be in the mail by the end of October. Don't miss your chance to reserve a copy today!
Often Overlooked: An Introspective Poet
The Essential Elizabeth Brewster, selected Ingrid Ruthig. The Porcupine Quill, 2021.
Fragments of eternity
Ruins of the Heart, Six Longpoems, Kristjana Gunnars. Angelico Press, 2022.
A Song of Despair or Hope?
As Far as You Know, A. F. Moritz. Anansi, 2020
Nothing into Nothing
I Will Be Corrupted, Joseph A. Dandurand. Guernica Editions, 2020.
In the poem, “Whisper from you,” Joseph Dandurand rants about “one ass of an editor” (this is in the very last poem of this fine collection and presumably there for a reason), who tells him he should “add some imagery to [his] work.” I actually laughed out loud.
Last Things
Field Requiem, Sheri Benning, Carcanet, 2022
The forthcoming Spring 2022 issue of The Fiddlehead is now available for pre-order!
The issue will feature the winning poem and short story from The Fiddlehead's 2021 poetry and fiction contests as well as work from authors such as Sylvie Simmons, John Barton and many more!
