Mary and the Rabbit Dream by Noémi Kiss-Deáki Coach House Books 232 pages $25 A good historian understands that history is, at its core, a narrative—one usually written by those in power. Noémi Kiss-Deáki is one such historian. Mary and the Rabbit Dream, Kiss-Deáki’s...
How do we live as ourselves with courage, and what does courage ask of us? We spend time with francesca ekwuyasi's "Na Condition Make Crayfish Bend," first published in ROOM 45.1 Ancestors. This post is part of our 2025 Black Futures & Black History Month feature,...
Humour can be biting, born of grief, heartbreak, and more ⎯ it not only packs a satirical punch but also offers vulnerability and insight. Today, we're reading "This Is Not a Good Time to Forget About the Land," by Jenan Afaneh, from Room 48.1 Wits End. "This Is Not a...
This Black Futures Month & Black History Month, we're republishing brilliant works and conversations with Black organizers, writers, and artists from Room's past issues, to live on our site in perpetuity. Today, we're sitting with this conversation between Syrus...
As we consider the role of humour in revealing life's absurdities and challenging power, we’re sitting with "The Durian Demon," a new fiction piece by Room 48.1 Wits End's commissioned writer, Lydia Kwa. The Durian Demon Lydia Kwa It could use a decent...
Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele Invisible Publishing 272 pages $16.95 “The Port Peter peaches lure tourists,” begins Sydney Hegele’s debut novel, Bird Suit, and their hypnotic writing lures readers into this sickly-sweet saga just as effectively. Nestled on the shores of...
Monsters, Martyrs, and Marionettes: Essays on Motherhood by Adrienne Gruber Book*hug Press 146 pages $23 Adrienne Gruber’s memoir-in-essays cracks open the institution of motherhood with a deeply personal exploration of her own experience. Each of the collection’s...
I Will Get Up Off Of by Simina Banu Coach House Books 72 pages $24 Following her award-winning debut poetry collection POP, Montreal-based poet Simina Banu’s signature blend of pop culture, illustration, and poignant portrayal of life’s struggles continues in I Will...
Good Want by Domenica Martinello Coach House Books 109 pages $24 Domenica Martinello’s Good Want lies in the chasms separating good from bad, speech from silence, and faith from disbelief, producing a meditative collection of poems that gets to the core of desire as a...
Splinter & Shard: Stories by Lulu Keating ECW Press 192 pages $25 Splinter & Shard: Stories by Canadian author and award-winning TV and film director, Lulu Keating, is her debut collection of short stories about the human experience, in which she translates...
ROOM 49.1 NO FUTURE FOR WHO?
We are really asking. We are coming in hot. We are not fucking around. These existential crises, these states of emergency. The poetry, prose, and art in this issue ask: what are we to make of, or in, them?
ROOM 48.3 Rest/Unrest
In Room Magazine 48.3 Rest/Unrest, may you find rest as you engage with profound, necessary unrest.
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