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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\n\u00a0(“Type is Mythic” by Eugene Lvovsky)<\/p>\n
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EKRAZ SINGH<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Origins and Elements<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n DANICA FOGARTY<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Answer Me, Mechanist<\/a><\/p>\n CHELSEA FORBES\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\/\/ \u00a0Meat<\/a><\/p>\n RYAN A. GAIO<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Sam (She Wanted Me to Come to Portland)<\/a><\/p>\n CHRIS GUDGEON\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0 Dissertation on the Reproductive Habits of Fruit Flies from the Mango Groves\u00a0of Eastern Uganda<\/a><\/p>\n NICOLE HALDOUPIS<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Lava Rug River, Wine Mountain<\/a><\/p>\n JACK HOSTRAWSER<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Moving<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TREVOR ABES<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Two Poems<\/a> MARIKA BROOKS<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0Dim Lights<\/a><\/p>\n GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0Two Poems<\/a> MIGUEL LEANDRO GAMBOA<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0Two Poems<\/a> CHRIS GUDGEON<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0The Revelations of Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n STRIDER MARCUS JONES<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0Hot Rod<\/a><\/p>\n JAMES LORD PARKER<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0Two Poems<\/a> SOPHIE McCREESH<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\/\/ \u00a0It comes during the day, now.<\/a><\/p>\n JOHN NYMAN<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\/\/ \u00a0Four Poems<\/a> PATRICK O\u2019REILLY<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\/\/ \u00a0Six Poems<\/a> JOSHUA P’NG<\/strong> \u00a0\/\/ \u00a0Eating Lonely<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n EUGENE LVOVSKY<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0Selections from Type Is \u2026<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n RASIQRA REVULVA<\/strong>\u00a0 \/\/ \u00a0Selections from this filthy fuckin’\u00a0city<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trevor Abes<\/strong> is a poet and arts writer\u00a0living in Toronto. \u00a0He was part of the winning ensemble\u00a0at the 2015 SLAMtario Spoken Word Festival, and competed in\u00a0both the National Poetry Slam and the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word as part of the Toronto Poetry Slam<\/a> team.\u00a0His work has appeared in the\u00a0Hart House Review<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0The Rusty Toque<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Torontoist<\/em><\/a>, and\u00a0untethered<\/em><\/a>, among others. You can say hello at\u00a0trevorabes.com<\/a> or follow\u00a0him on\u00a0Twitter\u00a0@TrevorAbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marika Brooks<\/strong> is a Toronto-based writer whose interests are rooted in post-modernity. Identities in crisis, experiences and manifestations of trauma, and figures of abjection are particularly fascinating elements of her writing and research. She is currently completing her M.A. in literatures of modernity at Ryerson University. Check out her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n George Elliott Clarke<\/strong> is Canada\u2019s Parliamentary Poet Laureate, and served as Toronto’s Poet Laureate from 2012 to 2015. He has a clutch of prizes and a trove of books to his name. His newest are the unblushingly erotic\u00a0Extra Illicit Sonnets<\/a> <\/em>(Exile, 2015) and The Motorcyclist<\/a><\/em> (HarperCollins, 2016). The\u00a0Sewer<\/em> Lid<\/em>\u00a0pieces are from his epic,\u00a0Canticles<\/em>, due out from Guernica Editions<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Danica Fogarty<\/strong> is a graduate of the University of Guelph’s M.F.A. in Creative Writing program. She now lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with her partner Dan and two cats.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chelsea Forbes<\/strong> is a recent graduate of the University of Saskatchewan’s M.F.A. in Writing program. She writes fiction and poetry \u2014 while listening to Mulder\/Scully fanvid love songs. Her poems can be found in In\/Words Magazine<\/a><\/em>, (parenthetical)<\/a><\/em>, and SproutZine<\/a><\/em>. She lives in Victoria, BC and can be followed on Twitter @CSiswriting<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan A. Gaio<\/strong> is a twenty-three-year-old writer born and raised in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. He writes about drifters, heartbreak and rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, and so he mostly writes about himself. He can be found at his website<\/a> and followed on Twitter @ryanagaio<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chris Gudgeon<\/strong> is an author, poet and screenwriter. He has written eighteen\u00a0books, from critically acclaimed fiction including\u00a0Greetings from the Vodka Sea <\/em><\/a>and Song of Kosovo<\/em><\/a>, to celebrated biographies of Milton Acorn and Stan Rogers, to a range of popular history on subjects as varied as sex, fishing and lotteries. His latest book, Assdeep in Wonder<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0is a collection of poems about love, sex and dynamite. Gudgeon, who is bisexual, has been in an open relationship with musician\/self-help guru Jasper Vander Voorde since 2009. They divide their time between the wilds of British Columbia and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nicole Haldoupis<\/strong> is a writer, editor and designer from Toronto. She is currently living in Saskatoon completing an M.F.A. in writing. She co-created untethered<\/a><\/em>, a Toronto-based literary journal. Her work can be found in (parenthetical)<\/a><\/em>, The Quilliad<\/a><\/em>, and in the chapbook Food Works: plums in the icebox<\/em>. Find her on Twitter @nicolehaldoupis<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jack Hostrawser<\/strong> likes old motorcycles, tornadoes and outer space. And portage trips. And shiny rocks. More of his work can be found in The Dalhousie Review<\/a><\/em>, Existere<\/a><\/em>, The Fieldstone Review<\/a><\/em> and In The Hills<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Miguel Leandro Gamboa<\/strong> is awake when you’re asleep, and vice-versa. If seen, he is likely sleep deprived and should not be disturbed. Find him on Twitter\u00a0@migyarados<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n James Lord Parker<\/strong> is a Toronto-based writer and musician. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Scarborough Fair<\/a>, This Dark Matter,<\/em>\u00a0The Varsity<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and other journals. James is the bassist and infrequent lyricist of the Toronto metal band, Tether<\/em><\/a>. He is currently completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto and\u00a0working on a\u00a0book of poetry.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eugene Lvovsky<\/strong> is an Estonian-born, Russian-Canadian graphic designer from Toronto who completed his first post-secondary art education in Saint Petersburg, Russia as a porcelain and wood artist. Later, Eugene and his family immigrated to Canada, where he graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2000. Having worked for a number of companies, he now works freelance so that more time and energy can go towards his own art.\u00a0Visit his website<\/a> and connect with him through B\u0113hance<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and Tumblr<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Strider Marcus Jones<\/strong> is a poet, law graduate and ex civil servant from Salford\/Hinckley, England with proud Celtic roots in Ireland and Wales. A member of The Poetry Society, his five published books of poetry are modern, traditional, mythical, sometimes erotic, surreal and metaphysical.\u00a0He is a maverick, moving between forests, mountains and cities, playing his saxophone and clarinet in warm solitude. His work has appeared in Crack the Spine<\/em><\/a>, The Lampeter Review<\/em><\/a>, A New Ulster<\/em><\/a>, Ygdrasil<\/em><\/a> and Don’t Be Afraid: An Anthology to Seamus Heaney<\/em>. Feel free to learn more about his work<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sophie McCreesh<\/strong> is pursuing an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Guelph. She lives in Toronto.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n John Nyman<\/strong>\u2019s verse, visual, and conceptual poems and poetics have appeared in a variety of print and online publications including\u00a0Cordite Poetry Review<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Hamilton Arts and Letters<\/a><\/em>, (parenthetical)<\/a><\/em> and Rampike<\/a><\/em>. His first full-length collection, Players<\/a><\/em>, will be released with Palimpsest Press in April\u00a02016. Originally from Toronto, John is currently completing a Ph.D. in theory and criticism at Western University in London, Ontario.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cCan anyone tell me who invented the lightbulb?\u201d One boy raised his hand. \u201cPatrick O\u2019Reilly<\/strong>,\u201d he replied. As the class erupted with laughter, he could feel his face turn bright as one of O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Irradiant Lamps. \u201cBut he did,\u201d he cried, \u201che did!\u201d It was true on his home planet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joshua P\u2019ng<\/strong> lives in Toronto and has honourable mentions from the University of Toronto Scarborough writing competition. His work has appeared in Dead Beats<\/em>, filling station<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Great Lakes Review<\/em><\/a> and untethered<\/em><\/a>. When he is not writing he enjoys sketching people on the TTC, reading graphic novels and bike trips in unfamiliar neighbourhoods. You can find him on Twitter, @JoshuaPng1<\/a>, or at\u00a0narrativeispower.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rasiqra Revulva<\/strong> is a Toronto-based writer, multi-media artist, editor, musician and performer.\u00a0She is a founding member of the synth-punk\/electro\/glitch\/industrial music and visual art collective The Databats<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0In 2010, she was awarded an honourable mention for the Judith Eve Gewurtz Memorial Award for poetry; in 2014, she was named a runner-up in the First Annual Jane Lumley Prize; and in 2015, she was named a finalist in\u00a0untethered<\/a><\/em>\u2019s First Poetry Contest; as well as awarded an emerging writers mentorship through Diaspora Dialogues<\/a><\/em>. Her work has most recently been published in\u00a0<\/em>the anthology (AFTER)life: Poems and Stories of the Dead<\/em>, carte blanche<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0The Pickled Body<\/a> <\/em>and The Puritan<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0Her debut chapbook, Cephalopography<\/em>, is pending publication by words(on)pages<\/a> in autumn.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ekraz Singh<\/strong> is the Executive Editor and Publisher of Sewer Lid<\/em>. Her poetry, essays, interviews and reviews have appeared in Descant<\/a><\/em>, Existere<\/a><\/em> and untethered<\/a><\/em>. Connect with her on Twitter\u00a0@EkrazSingh<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0(“Type is Mythic” by Eugene Lvovsky) Contents Editorial EKRAZ SINGH\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Origins and Elements Fiction DANICA FOGARTY\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Answer Me, Mechanist CHELSEA FORBES\u00a0\u00a0\/\/ \u00a0Meat RYAN A. GAIO\u00a0 \/\/\u00a0 Sam (She Wanted Me to Come to Portland) CHRIS… Continue Reading Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n________ _ __ __\/<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span> Evenings
\n<\/span>___________ \u00a0_ _\/<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span> The New Language\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n_______________ ___ \u00a0_\u00a0 ___<\/span>\/ \u00a0At Gettysburg
\n<\/span>_______________ ___ \u00a0___\u00a0 _<\/span>\/ \u00a0Bellocq Snaps Ophelia<\/span><\/p>\n
\n___________________ \u00a0____ __<\/span>\/ \u00a0Crisis
\n<\/span>___________________ \u00a0_____ _<\/span>\/ \u00a0Seconds<\/span><\/p>\n
\n____________________ \u00a0<\/span>\/ \u00a0Minor Tweaks to the Heartfelt Speech of a Twenty-Something-Year-Old
\n<\/span>______________________ \u00a0<\/span>Passenger on the Bus
\n____________________ \u00a0<\/span>\/ \u00a0You See the Fireworks, I Their End<\/p>\n
\n___________ __<\/span>\/ \u00a0Three Night Buses
\n<\/span>___________ __<\/span>\/ \u00a0Connections
\n<\/span>____________ _<\/span>\/ \u00a0Words for Rain
\n<\/span>____________ _<\/span>\/ \u00a0Exit,<\/span><\/p>\n
\n______________ ___\u00a0<\/span>\/ \u00a0Fire Down on the Labrador
\n<\/span>______________ ___\u00a0<\/span>\/ \u00a0Cnoc Ailse
\n<\/span>______________ ___\u00a0<\/span>\/ \u00a0Himself
\n<\/span>______________ ___\u00a0<\/span>\/ \u00a0Private Conversation
\n<\/span>_______________ __\u00a0<\/span>\/ \u00a0The Witch i nGrief
\n<\/span>_______________ __\u00a0<\/span>\/ \u00a0Fishguts<\/span><\/p>\nPortfolios<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Contributors’ Notes<\/h1>\n