That river’ll suck you up and spit you out Poem by Steph Airth At Thanksgiving and Christmas, my dad’s company truck trundles up under a patina of Mary Hill grit to take me back to where I’m from. Where I’m from is oh, just an hour or so east. You probably haven’t heard of it.
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“Ladybug Girls” poem by Charmaine Li
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“Dreams of Perelman” poem by Quincy Arthur
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“Home (?)” photography by Xiao You Mok
Home (?) Photography by Xiao You Mok (click to enlarge images)
“Thinking of You on the way from German to 19th Century Lit.” poem by Katie Selbee
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“What Breaks Your Heart” Academic Essay by Will Munro
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“A Memory in the Storm” fiction by Shail Bhath
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“Equipo Cuba” fiction by Hannah Siden
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About Our Contributors
About Our Contributors Steph Airth is a fourth-year English Honours student. She grew up in rainy and mountainous Maple Ridge, BC. Kai Ying Chieh is a fourth-year student graduating with her Honours in English and a Minor in Linguistics. She likes critical theory, linguistic trivia, novelty print fabric, and red bean milk tea with pearls.
“Movement & Form” photography by Calder Tsuyuki Tomlinson
Movement & Form Photography by Calder Tsuyuki Tomlinson (click to enlarge images)
“Symmetry Lores” visual art by Jason Fernando
“Symmetry Lores” visual art by Jason Fernando (click to enlarge images)
“The Pharmakon and Narratives of Cultural Identity: Reading Derrida in Lowe” academic essay by Kai Ying Chieh
The Pharmakon and Narratives of Cultural Identity: Reading Derrida in Lowe academic essay by Kai Ying Chieh Lisa Lowe’s account of the relationship between the system of transnational capitalism and the intersecting subjective narratives of Asian immigrant and Asian American women labouring within this system works in a critical tradition that values plurality and ambiguity.
“Listening To it Fall” fiction by Mormei Zanke
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“Cicada” fiction by Rachel Kim
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“The Mermaid” fiction by Hannah van Dijk
The Mermaid fiction by Hannah van Dijk Full fathom five thy father lies. Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange – William Shakespeare, The Tempest When we were seven our father bought a house