Issue 61 // Spring 2012 (print)

Issue 61 features fiction by Marni Van Dyk, Rebecca Fredrickson, Lee Kvern, Jon Boilard, Elaine McCluskey, and Matthew Firth; poetry by Lyn Lifshin, Salvatore Difalco, Alison Watt,  Kim Goldberg, Donna Gelagotis Lee; creative non-fiction by Madeline Sonik; an interview with Willy Vlautin (novel excerpt included);  and an interview with Beth Follett; plus our regular column Mondo Hunkamooga by Stuart Ross.

This issue also features Vancouver International Writers Festival Contest Winners Barbara Stowe (fiction) and Fran Bourassa (poetry).

Read on for reviews of books by Matthew Firth; Steven Price; Shane Neilson; Richard Wagamese; Wade Davis; David Thompson; Doug Harris; Nelly Arcan (trans. by David Schott Hamilton); Cathy Stonehouse; and Robert J. Wiersema.

Cover art and interior illustrations by featured artist Carl Wiens.