by prfire | Feb 2, 2015 | News
Our sincere apologies for inadvertently leaving off the third section of Michael Lockett’s poem “Oscar Diversifies his Tradecraft” in the winter issue. Here is the poem in its entirety: Oscar Diversifies his Tradecraft by Michael Lockett I Eavesdropping’s alright. It...
by prfire | Apr 29, 2014 | News
Our sincere apologies for inadvertently leaving off the latter part of Carly Dow’s poem in the spring issue.Here’s the whole poem now: Flame Keepers by Carly Dow We are flame keepers. Flame throwers, although it was not a deliberate toss of the match. I held the...
by prfire | Jan 20, 2014 | News
Katherena Vermette, a Métis/Mennonite poet, won the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Poetry for North End Love Songs (The Muses’ Co.). Shayla Elizabeth is a Cree/Iniwé writer/storyteller based in Winnipeg. Shayla Elizabeth: When did you know...
by prfire | Jul 4, 2013 | News
by Christian Riegel In mid March, 2007, I answered the phone and mistook Denis Sproxton’s voice for that of his father, Birk. For a brief moment, I thought I was to have another of the many conversations that Birk and I regularly had about reading, writing, and the...
by prfire | Jun 24, 2013 | News
On June 7, Sue’s suite of poems “fashion” won silver at the National Magazine Awards gala in Toronto. fashion: inspiration wear In this dress you will forget your inability to be fluid and will walk into rooms as...
by prfire | Jan 17, 2013 | Extras, News
by Pam Chamberlain (a slightly edited version of this essay appears in Prairie Fire 33.3) In Sharon Butala’s bestselling and award-winning The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature, the narrator moves from the city of Saskatoon1 to a ranch on the...
