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Review of Blood Root by Jessica Hiemstra

Review of Blood Root by Jessica Hiemstra

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...

Review of She’s a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock

Review of She’s a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock

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...

Review of Shadow Price by Farah Ghafoor

Review of Shadow Price by Farah Ghafoor

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...

Review of Elseship by Tree Abraham

Review of Elseship by Tree Abraham

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...

Pride Month Statement and Reading List

Pride Month Statement and Reading List

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...

Indigenous History Month Statement and Reading List

Indigenous History Month Statement and Reading List

Indigenous History Month Statement and Reading List Due to a confluence of factors, Room Magazine is posting this statement in acknowledgment of Indigenous History Month later than planned. However, Room holds that Indigenous histories, presents, and futures are to be...

Soundscapes: Listening to Room 48.2 Travellers

Soundscapes: Listening to Room 48.2 Travellers

Take a quick glimpse into the editing process with Room 48.2 Travellers' Lead Editor, Lena Belova, and get ready for the issue by listening to the a specially-curated vibes playlist.     Lena Belova: Choosing pieces for the issue, which were open to any...

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Cover image for Room Magazine Issue 49.2, Science. Art by Candace Cosentino of an old-fashioned computer monitor with a bounty of dandelions growing from it.

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.

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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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