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An Excerpt From Michelle Good’s Five Little ...

Our 2021 Short Forms Contest is being judged by Michelle Good! Michelle Good is of Cree ancestry, a descendent of the Battle River Cree and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation. She graduated from UBC with a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing MFA in 2014 where her novel Five Little […]Call for Submissions: 45.3 AUDACITY

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We invite you to submit your unpublished work to the “Audacity” issue of Room—an issue we hope will dare to risk normalcy and politeness in the name of bold and uncompromising truth.  “Audacity” will be edited by Molly Cross-Blanchard (author of Exhibitionist) and assistant edited by Karmella Cen Benedito De Barros, with shadow editors Ellen […]Indigenous Brilliance Podcast – Episode 8 (O...

Indigenous Brilliance, Podcast, The Indigenous Brilliance Podcast, What's New

In this episode of the Indigenous Brilliance podcast, jaye and Karmella chat about all things Halloween. This episode is full of tricks and treats, featuring discussions of our favourite scary movies and reading recommendations. Decolonizing pumpkins as a sovereign and sacred Indigenous plant, reading a spoopy short story by jaye simpson, you won’t want to […]What Storm, What Thunder: An interview with Commis...

One of the epigraphs at the beginning of the novel is an invocation to the Loas. Ma Lou’s section also begins with an incantation to one of the manifestations of Erzulie. I wanted the reader to feel right away that they were being brought into a place where spirituality animates the culture in the best of ways—to accompany the characters in their lives.

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“Your Skinny Daddy” is the honourable mention for Room’s 2021 Fiction Contest. When your daddy is...