Author

Allan Cho

We are now accepting submissions for our upcoming issue centred around the theme of yearning—that deep, aching pull toward something just out of reach. Whether it’s the quiet longing for …

Persimmon Night

by Allan Cho

my dad introduced me to perseemons ‘Anak, want me to cut you perseemon?’ ‘Anak, that perseemon isn’t ripe yet’ ‘Anak, I bought 12 perseemon for cheap!’ trips to Henlong market …

Gift

by Allan Cho

“1935-August… 1000 young cherry trees are donated to [the Parks] Board by Mr. and Mrs Uyeda. These are the first in the city and will be planted-out when more mature …

Drinking Age

by Allan Cho

‘mr big ? is that supposed to be ironic ?’ put the breast back into the blouse we managed to convince some swingers to bet on us here’s a cup, …

White Phosphorous

by Allan Cho

blue button-down soaked rubbing buddha’s belly truth in pieces brodsky recording a jingle merwin whistling for his life ‘i give u divorce on the thames’ get off ur miniature horse …

Writers on Writers

by Allan Cho

Iranian-Canadian multi-genre author Hollay Ghadery interviews award-winning writer Tracy Wai de Boer about her mesmerizing new poetry collection Nostos (Palimpsest Press, 2025).  Taking its title from Ancient Greek, Tracy Wai …

Writers on Writers

by Allan Cho

Teri Vlassopoulos’s highly-anticipated novel Living Expenses (Invisible Publishing, 2025)  offers a timely tale of reproductive health in an age of both technological and geographical distance. In this interview, award-winning Iranian-Canadian …

Century Egg

by Allan Cho

They told me it was a thousand years old. I believed them. I believed in things that lasted — in black eggs rolled in ash, in salt and secrets, in …

Writers on Writers

by Allan Cho

Authors Rachel Phan (Restaurant Kid, a memoir) and Su Chang (The Immortal Woman, a novel) recently interviewed each other about their new releases. Rachel was three years old when her …