As the year takes us into a time of long shadows and short days, we're contemplating "Keeping Things Fresh," a new fiction piece by Room 47.4 Full Circle's commissioned writer, Shashi Bhat. "Keeping Things Fresh" by Shashi Bhat Your life, little girl, is an...
As fall brings us new winds and heralds change, we're sitting with "After 'listing (v), 2013'" by Chimwemwe Undi from our upcoming Room 47.4 Full Circle now available for pre-order! "After 'listing (v), 2013'" by Chimwemwe Undi The trouble is I was nineteen, and no...
We are thrilled to bring you the results of this year’s Creative Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Angela Sterritt. The wait is over: here are this year’s winners! —- FIRST PLACE: Handful of Her Ashes for the Potter, by Judith Newcomb Stiles Judith Newcomb Stiles Stiles...
"My Sister Sleeps on the Slope of Mount Sinani" is the Third Place winner for Room’s 2024 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Of this piece, judge Angela Sterritt writes: “My Sister Sleeps on the Slope of Mount Sinani is a compelling and moving story that encapsulates...
We are so excited to announce the longlist for our 2024 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members for the creation of this longlist, and a big congratulations to these talented writers. --- Room Magazine’s 2024 Creative Non-Fiction...
As we honour this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and celebrate the sovereignty of all Indigenous peoples worldwide, we turn to writing by and interviews with Indigenous writers and artists from the Room archives and beyond. May these writings guide us to...
This week, we return to Emily Riddle's incredible poem, “Cree Girl Explodes the Political Project called 'Alberta,'” first published in Room 43.4 Twine. May it guide us to work in service of decolonizing efforts always. Cree Girl Explodes the Political Project called...
Cathedral/Grove by Susan Glickman Vehicule Press 80 pages $20 In her newest poetry collection, Susan Glickman provides the reader with a reconstructed world—that is, Cathedral/Grove is a collection full of complex images and themes that contrast and build upon each...
Circle Tour by Eva Tihanyi Inanna Publications 130 pages $10 digital, $19 print Gentle and delicate, Eva Tihanyi’s ninth poetry collection, Circle Tour, offers nature- and art-focused poetry without shying away from the difficulties of our current reality. As the...
Crushed Wild Mint by Jess Housty Nightwood Editions 121 pages $20 Crushed Wild Mint is a volume of poetry about inheritance. Not just the inheritance of blood, traditions, values, and skills allocated by older relatives, but also the inheritance of the land. Jess...
ROOM 49.2 SCIENCE
I hope this issue makes you curious and furious, leads to 2 a.m. Wikipedia rabbit holes, fulfills urges to seek out knowledge-keepers. Quickly or slowly, dive in: -ologies of all varieties await you.
ROOM 49.1 No Future for Who?
In Room Magazine 49.1 No Future for Who?, we are really asking. We are coming in hot. We are causing a scene. We are being unreasonable. We are not fucking around. We are not taking “no” for an answer. “No” is the only word we still know. For who? For who? No.
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