“Activism isn’t about perfection—it mu...

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Photo of Adora Nwofor by Shannon Johnston. Photo of Taylor McNallie by Taylor McNallie. In a time of increased surveillance and suppression of activists, Room Magazine wanted to chat with some of those on the ground who have long been fighting for racial justice and trans rights–and been punished for it.  Stop the Stack YYC […]

Interview with Room’s 2025 Creative Non-Fiction Co...

Photo credit: Blair Marie Photography Amy Lin’s work doesn’t just evoke an array of emotions—it demands it. In Here After, her debut memoir, she tackles the overwhelm that comes with deep love and unexpected loss. Lin recounts the events following the sudden death of her thirty-two-year-old husband, Kurtis. In the wake of his devastating loss, […]

Review of Everything is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe

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Everything is Fine Here  by Iryn Tushabe House of Anansi Press 320 pages $25 Can women in societies dominated by oppressive religious conviction, homophobia, and misogyny ever find peace and equality? This is the question at the heart of Everything is Fine Here, the debut novel by Ugandan-Canadian author Iryn Tushabe. Set in present-day Uganda, […]

Review of Blood Root by Jessica Hiemstra

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Blood Root  by Jessica Hiemstra ECW Books 112 pages $22 Jessica Hiemstra’s latest poetry collection, Blood Root, explores themes of belonging, home, and the complexities of loss related to war and colonialism. Rarely shying away from the rawness of death and the realities of life in Badela, Sierra Leone, during the civil war from 1991 […]

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