speaking in tongues misinterpretation ghosts-back, attempts to reincarnate the broken language of Jaden’s tongue-twist reverberation— murmur the revenant-named co bac mispronounce it twice as fast go back diaspora synth-talk— …
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Poetry
My father is resting alone beneath the sacred lights, while I cradle in dismay, surrounded by Elders coercing me to compose and read him a eulogy at the altar. His …
great macro swelling carpet bomb ecosystem broken off broken twice off in say one century of your time slow fish peer up against throbbing nights, fragile glass bodies a perception …
i. This is an exit wound. This is your butcher’s blade blunted by naivety and the way light floats atop the surface, too polite to settle. ii. This is a …
yeye says ‘pass the 醃黃瓜’ and i do, licking the sour off my fingers. yeye points out the steam from the fish stew and gestures with his hands, mimicking a …
The year was 1969. I was ten And carried a spiral notebook everywhere I went, from the corner store to the diamond, The whack of the bat, the way it …
december 21, 2016 — this morning, tens of thousands fled their homes in china. since last week, half a billion people have been inhaling red alert air more people than …
Being published for the first time is a challenge, especially since the odds are so sharply stacked against emerging writers. This was the case for several young Asian Canadian writers …
Alas, as a second-language speaker of English, I was fortunate enough to have it engraved in my brain and jammed down my throat at an early age. Having parents who …
Canada 150, or the 150th anniversary of Confederation, is an occasion of both celebration and remembrance. The significance of this anniversary can be complicated to navigate given Canada’s varied history. …