We are thrilled to announce the shortlists of our 2017 Poetry & Fiction Contests! Judges Jónína Kirton and Sigal Samuel selected these pieces from the long lists for special recognition. Please join us in congratulating the authors! Room's Annual Poetry & Fiction...
She built a tower for herself. What a waste of sand, they all thought, and to not lower her hair down—who waits, in a desert, to be overcome She built a tower for herself. What a waste of sand, they all thought, and to not lower her hair down—who waits, in a desert,...
Waterloo-based artist Amanda Rhodenizer won our 2016 Cover Art contest with her painting “Attachment.” We spoke to Rhodenizer, whose winning piece appeared on the cover of Room 40.2, Our Rubble, Our Loss, about her process and inspirations. Waterloo-based artist...
The eviction notice came in the middle of a long winter, on one of those afternoons when M just couldn’t warm up, no matter how many sweaters and blankets she piled on her shoulders. The eviction notice came in the middle of a long winter, on one of those afternoons...
With unique humour and style, Paper Teeth introduces us to a fresh voice in Canadian short fiction. Paper Teeth by Lauralyn Chow, NeWest Press, 178 pages, $19.95, 2016 Alberta writer Lauralyn Chow opens her debut short story collection Paper Teeth with a description...
In Work & Days, Taylor casts the physical attributes of the ecological world in a deeply poetic light. Tess Taylor’s Work & Days performs a moral, political, material, spiritual environmentalism. This calendric cycle of twenty-eight poems studies the...
—not part of me. She makes up games like Quidditch and plays with me. Body throws me down —not part of me. She makes up games like Quidditch and plays with me. Body throws me down on the playground and laughs with them who laugh at me. My body is a gaping hole that...
If our gratitude dries parched, we think nothing of water If our tongues shrink, we think of nothing but water nothing of water; foresight shortened dry, memory of these -dry -days Water, is taught by thirst. Land — by...
We're excited to announce our 2017 Creative Nonfiction Contest shortlist, as determined by judge Carmen Aguirre! We're excited to announce our 2017 Creative Nonfiction Contest shortlist, as determined by judge Carmen Aguirre!Room's 2017 Creative Nonfiction...
Our 2017 Creative Non-Fiction Contest Honourable Mention. Karl Marx first articulated the concept of historical materialism, the methodological approach to the study of human progress. Historical materialism purports to locate the forces that drive progress within the...
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