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Why I Wrote This Book Issue #45

Featuring Ben Ladouceur, Linda Trinh, Luke Francis Beirne, and Kevin Craig

We, the Kindling by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek

Okot Bitek’s writing is unapologetic as she reckons with the legacy of the Lord’s Resistance Army: a militant group that abducted tens of thousands of children to serve in its ranks between the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang

The nature-nurture controversy plays out beautifully in the edgy thriller.

Skin by Catherine Bush

The stories in Skin range from epistolary to experimental, some set in the past, some in the present, providing a showcase for Bush’s talents.

Blood Root by Jessica Hiemstra

Blood Root investigates the poet’s spiritual connection with home, and the importance of reparations and reconciliation as a settler descended from mostly Dutch heritage.

The Devouring Tomorrow Interview | Jeff Dupuis and A.G. Pasquella

This interview took place over Zoom on February 23, 2025. Some of the questions were provided to the interviewees in advance. It has been edited for clarity and intention.

elseship: an unrequited affair by Tree Abraham

This work is a remarkable achievement and a strong addition to the literature of love.

Mining the Quiet: Twelve Poems by Tara G. Harris

Harris takes the bleakness of her landscape and makes it beautiful.

UNMET: poems by stephanie roberts

It's lovely to read a collection and not once be pestered by the question, why is this a poem? Like her previous poems are not facile or conversational narratives. They are dense and intense.