We are excited to announce that Chris Slater has joined the Plenitude team as our second Associate Prose Editor! Chris will work alongside LâAmour Lisik to discover and publish exciting new prose from queer and trans writers around the world. Chris Slater is a former reporter turned writer living...
Category - Articles
Cosmically Bent Queer Characters in Gas-Lit London: A Review of Adam McOmber’s The Ghost Finders
Reviewed by James K. Moran Adam McOmber, The Ghost Finders (JournalStone, 2021), 238 pp., $20.95 US. Adam McOmberâs third novel, The Ghost Finders, is entertaining, spooky gothic fare steeped in gas-lit (in the traditional sense) Edwardian London with a queer, character-driven story arc...
The Sky’s Infinitesimal Flowers: A Review of Isabella Wang’s Pebble Swing
Reviewed by Manahil Bandukwala Isabella Wang, Pebble Swing (Harbour Publishing, 2021), 112 pp., $18.95. In her debut collection Pebble Swing, Isabella Wang writes with remarkable and lyrical skill that echoes the influences of literary forebearers such as Li Bai and Phyllis Webb. The poems span...
An Embodied Utopia: A Review of Anahita Jamali Rad’s still
Reviewed by Khashayar Mohammadi Anahita Jamali Rad, still (Talonbooks, 2021), 112 pp., $16.95. âIt is true, poetry still cannot stop tanks,â Ma Yan writes in I Name Him Me, âbut that poetry attempts to stop tanks is its reach.â It is perhaps pessimistic to begin at the limits of poetry; it...
Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin Joins Plenitude as Associate Poetry Editor
We are excited to announce that Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin has joined the Plenitude team as our second Associate Poetry Editor! Rhiannon will work alongside David Ishaya Osu to discover and publish exciting new poetry from queer and trans writers around the world. Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin (she/her) is a...
Mothers, Lovers, Questers, and Rule-Breakers: A Review of Kate Cayleyâs Householders
Reviewed by Brett Josef Grubisic Kate Cayley, Householders (Biblioasis, 2021), 235 pp., $22.95. An exceptional volume of stories, Householders warrants applauseâand readers, of course. Following How You Were Born (2014), Torontoâs Kate Cayley showcases virtuosic writing and captivating...