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...
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...
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...
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...
She’s a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock ECW Books 312 pages $25 In Meredith Hambrock’s She’s a Lamb!, protagonist Jessamyn St. Germain doesn’t just dream of stardom—she demands it, claws at it, deludes herself into believing it’s owed to her. Hambrock shines a spotlight on...
Shadow Price by Farah Ghafoor House of Anansi Press 128 pages $23 Ecopoetry is a field that often explores the boundaries of human, animal, and machine. Shadow Price, the debut collection from Farah Ghafoor, presents a groundbreaking take on ecopoetry, exploring these...
Elseship by Tree Abraham Book*hug Press 282 pages $25 In this dazzling work of creative non-fiction that brings together perceptive prose and mesmerizing visuals, Ottawa-born writer and book designer Tree Abraham theorizes friendship, love, identity, and language by...
Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Statement Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission Residential School Commemoration Project and Reunion events in 2013. Created by former survivors and their families, the events aimed to...
Due to a confluence of factors, Room Magazine is posting this 2025 Pride Month feature later than planned. What does it mean to inhabit a body that others may not understand? We're revisiting an excerpt of Addie Tsai's Unwieldy Creatures first published in Room 44.1...
Pride Month Statement and Reading List Due to a confluence of factors, Room Magazine is posting this statement in acknowledgment of Pride Month later than planned. *** The first Pride was a riot. Despite banks and cops getting floats at Pride parades–despite plastic...
ROOM 48.2 TRAVELLERS
In ROOM 48.2 TRAVELLERS we reflect, dream, manifest. Join us in these human ways of time-travelling, from infancy to the future, through relationships and into surreal realms.
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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