Quasheba’s Lament
I taste my own salt blood / and remind myself I am still alive
Read MoreMarch/April 2022
Confessions of a Bitcoin widow, inside Hamilton’s toxic relationship with its fresh water, the computational linguistics arms race, and why a growing number of health care workers in Catholic hospitals are speaking out.
Editor’s Letter: Squeezing Out a New Definition of Success
This issue’s contributors present a range of responses to adversity
Read More
The Procedure
They left Ketman, whose breathing came now in fishlike gasps. Crepe-soled orderlies brisked back and forth
Read More
Heel Poem / Black-Hooded
I want a crane poem to / deconstruct the sarcophagus-heavy helmet and corset, the luminescent poster-sun on the wall
Read More
How Canada Accidentally Helped Crack Computer Translation
A technological whodunit—featuring Parliament, computer scientists, and a tipsy plane flight
Read More
Sewergate: There’s Something Rotten in the State of Our Waterways
A sewage leak in southern Ontario highlights the toxic relationship between cities and water
Read More
Endless Exile: The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo
Exonerated after four years in Guantánamo Bay, Ayoob Mohammed is still unable to join his family in Canada
Read More
Faith and Access: The Conflict inside Catholic Hospitals
Why should publicly funded hospitals get to limit access on religious grounds?
Read More