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Issue 44.4 Teaser: MISÂSKWATÔMINISKÂHK

Posted by Room | Dec 3, 2021 | Poetry, What's New

full of saskatoon berries sage-smoke & yarrow wild columbine & aster

where the trees grow crooked

by swift-flowing rivers

& grassy hills where bu alo used to jump

Open: Letter from the Editor Issue 44.4

Posted by Room | Nov 21, 2021 | What's New

In trying to find a common theme between all the pieces of this issue, I kept returning to the idea of what it means for us, as writers and artists, to pull at the threads of our identities and inventions in order to lay them on the page. Working alongside my thoughtful editorial team, this issue celebrates writers and artists whose work draws open language and guides us with care through the possibilities of storytelling.

Call for Submissions: 45.3 AUDACITY

Posted by Room | Nov 1, 2021 | Call for Submission, What's New

We invite you to submit your unpublished work to the “Audacity” issue of Room—an issue we hope...

What Storm, What Thunder: An interview with Commissioned Author Myriam J. A. Chancy

Posted by Room | Oct 18, 2021 | Feature, Interview

One of the epigraphs at the beginning of the novel is an invocation to the Loas. Ma Lou’s section also begins with an incantation to one of the manifestations of Erzulie. I wanted the reader to feel right away that they were being brought into a place where spirituality animates the culture in the best of ways—to accompany the characters in their lives.

From Cinema to Spoken Word: The 34th Annual Vancouver Writers Fest

Posted by Room | Oct 16, 2021 | What's New

From October 18-24 2021, the 34th annual Vancouver Writers Fest will once again take place on Granville Island. As Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig writes, “In a year when our worlds became so small, and doorways closed, it was through art, music, and books that many of us found new pathways.”