{"id":558,"date":"2016-10-07T22:14:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T02:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/?page_id=558"},"modified":"2017-07-03T19:18:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T23:18:18","slug":"sl-02","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/archives\/sl-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-606\" src=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SL02-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"SL02\" width=\"640\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SL02-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SL02-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/sewerlid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/SL02.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>ISSN 2371-1361 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (&#8220;No Evident Horizon&#8221; by W. Jack Savage)<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Contents<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Editorial<\/h2>\n<p><strong>NIKOLINA LIKAREVIC \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/living-in-the-threshold\/\">Living in the Threshold and Caring for Others (in \u201cUnsexy Ways\u201d)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>BENJAMIN C. DUGDALE \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/halifux\/\">halifux<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIVE GRESSWELL \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/dinktown\/\">Dinktown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RONY NAIR \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/nocturnes\/\">Nocturnes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Non-Fiction<\/h2>\n<p><strong>ERIN DELLA MATTIA \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/review-of-einsteins-beach-house\/\">\u201cAn ordinary kind of wonderful\u201d \u2014 A Review of Jacob M. Appel\u2019s <em>Einstein\u2019s Beach House <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>JACK HOSTRAWSER \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/jaymz-bee\/\">There Is No Plan A: Jaymz Bee and the Art of Making It<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Poetry<\/h2>\n<p><strong>AIDAN CHAFE<\/strong> \u00a0\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/two-poems-by-aidan-chafe\/\">Two Poems<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">________ _ __ _<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\/<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span> Jesus Lizard<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">___________ \u00a0_ <span style=\"color: #000000;\">\/<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span> Two Lips\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>BOONA DAROOM \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/good-listening-hygiene\/\">Good Listening Hygiene<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WILLIAM DORESKI \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/three-poems-by-william-doreski\/\">Three Poems<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">___________ ______<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\/ \u00a0One Anodized Moment<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">___________ ______<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\/ \u00a0Black and White Stripes<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">____________ _____<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\/ \u00a0November Song<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>BEN GALLAGHER \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/two-poems-by-ben-gallagher\/\">Two Poems<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">________ _ __ ____<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\/<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span> The limits of power<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">___________ \u00a0_ ___<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\/<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span> Together after the snowstorm\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>JOHN GREY \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/waking-up-in-jersey\/\">Waking Up in Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>JUSTIN LAUZON \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/the-sailor-of-marseille\/\">The Sailor of Marseille<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>mwpm \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/breathing-habits\/\">breathing habits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SALMA SAADI \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/notes-to-my-working-life\/\">Notes to my working life<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>KRISTEN SMITH \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/two-poems-by-kristen-smith\/\">Two Poems<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">________ _ __ ___<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\/<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span> A440<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">___________ \u00a0_ __<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\/<\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span> fire of conflict\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Portfolio<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>W. JACK SAVAGE \u00a0<\/strong>\/\/ \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sewerlid.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/the-life-we-live\/\">The Life We Live<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Contributors&#8217; Notes<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aidan Chafe<\/strong> is the author of the chapbook <em>Sharpest Tooth<\/em> (Anstruther Press). His poetry has appeared in journals such as <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemporaryverse2.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contemporary Verse 2<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/cordite.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cordite Poetry Review<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theparagonjournal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Paragon Journal<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/scrivenercreativereview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrivener Creative Review<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/sulphurlu.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sulphur<\/a><\/em>. He lives in Burnaby, BC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boona Daroom<\/strong>&#8216;s work has appeared in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litmagazine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">LIT<\/a><\/em>, the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville Review<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softblow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SOFTBLOW<\/a><\/em>, among other places. He lives in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Erin Della Mattia<\/strong> is a writer, researcher, and almost-graduate of Ryerson University\u2019s Literatures of Modernity MA program. Her work has appeared on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rookiemag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rookie Mag<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Word on the Street Blog<\/a><\/em>, among other places, and her creative essay &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/erindellamattia\/docs\/zine_culture_and_the_embodied_commu\" target=\"_blank\">Zine Culture and the Embodied Community of Rookie Mag<\/a>&#8221; was published as part of Ryerson&#8217;s <em>Stories in Play Initiative<\/em> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Doreski<\/strong> recently retired after years of teaching at Keene State College in New Hampshire (USA). His most recent book of poetry is <em>The Suburbs of Atlantis<\/em> (2013). He has published three critical studies, including <em>Robert Lowell\u2019s Shifting Colors<\/em>. His essays, poetry, fiction, and reviews have appeared in many journals. You can follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdoreski\">@wdoreski<\/a> and find more of his work on his blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/williamdoreski.blogspot.com\"> williamdoreski.blogspot.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benjamin C. Dugdale<\/strong> is a 20-something poet-person\/experimental-filmmaker living in Atlantic Canada. Benjamin&#8217;s writing has been featured in or is forthcoming in various publications including <a href=\"http:\/\/critpaper.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CRITpaper<\/em><\/a>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fillingstation.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">filling Station<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefallmagazine.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">FreeFall<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/numerocinqmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Numero Cinq<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesteelchisel.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Steel Chisel<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/sulphurlu.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sulphur<\/a><\/em>. Some of Benjamin&#8217;s film work can be found online at <a href=\"http:\/\/prickofthespindle.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prick Of The Spindle<\/a>, and his photography will appear in the forthcoming issues of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/saddog-zine.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sad Dog Zine<\/a><\/em> &amp; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viatorproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Viator<\/a><\/em>. Benjamin&#8217;s most recent prize is the 1st place entry in the 2016 Geist Short Long-Distance Writing Contest, for the short story, \u201cPekoe.\u201d You can learn more on his Facebook page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnnyby\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnnyby\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Gallagher<\/strong> is a Toronto-based poet and essayist. He has worked as a landscaper, wedding caterer, sailing instructor, and art teacher, among other odd jobs. He is about to begin a PhD at OISE, researching arts education and mental health. Recent writing can be found online at , <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionsroar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lion&#8217;s Roar<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordsonpagespress.com\/parenthetical\/\" target=\"_blank\">(Parenthetical)<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/puritan-magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Puritan<\/a><\/em>, and new poems and essays are forthcoming with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/arcpoetry.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arc<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prairiefire.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prairie Fire<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clive Gresswell<\/strong> is an innovative fiction author and poet working out of Luton in Bedfordshire, UK. At the tender age of his mid-50s, he rediscovered his passion for writing and studying at the university in his home town. He does not keep snails.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Grey<\/strong> is an Australian poet, US resident. Recently published in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uco.edu\/la\/english\/newplainsreview\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">New Plains Review<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhcc.edu\/Perceptions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Perceptions<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/sanskritmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sanskrit<\/a><\/em>, with work upcoming in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.semopress.com\/bigmuddy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big Muddy Review<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/coalcitypress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coal City Review<\/a><\/em>, the <em>Coe Review<\/em>, and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gargoylemagazine.com\/gargoyle.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gargoyle<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Hostrawser<\/strong> is a recipient of the York University President\u2019s Prize and once chased tornadoes across the Midwest. His writing has appeared in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/existere\/\" target=\"_blank\">Existere<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fieldstonereview.usask.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fieldstone Review<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthehills.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">In The Hills Magazine<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/thequilliad.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Quilliad<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steelbananas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steel Bananas<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justin Lauzon<\/strong>\u00a0is a writer based in Toronto. He works to promote Canadian literature and literacy through <a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/\">The Word On The Street<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hear-here.org\/\">Hear Here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/lexical.ca\/\">Lexical.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nikolina Likarevic<\/strong> is a graduate of the MA Literatures of Modernity program at Ryerson University. She is the Associate Editor of <em>Sewer Lid<\/em>, a magazine of urban art and literature. Currently, she is completing a Master of Information in Library and Information Science at the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>mwpm<\/strong> lives and writes in Waterloo, Ontario. His writing has appeared (or is forthcoming) in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/the22blog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 22 Magazine<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/blueprintmagazine.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blueprint Magazine<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fillingstation.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">filling Station<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/mushmum.com\/#home\" target=\"_blank\">MUSH\/MUM<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/the-otolith.blogspot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Otoliths<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordsonpagespress.com\/parenthetical\/\" target=\"_blank\">(parenthetical)<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com\/sonicboom\" target=\"_blank\">Sonic Boom<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/alwaysuntethered.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">untethered<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rony Nair<\/strong> works as an oil and gas Risk Management Consultant. Rony\u2019s been writing poetry since 1985 and was a published columnist with the Indian Express in the early 1990\u2019s. He is also a professional photographer about to hold his first major exhibition and has previously been published by <em>The Cadet<\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Economic Times<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.new-asian-writing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Asian Writing<\/a><\/em> (NAW), <em><a href=\"http:\/\/semaphoremagazine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Semaphore<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">YES! Magazine<\/a><\/em>. Rony has been profiled by <em><a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Economic Times<\/a><\/em> of Delhi. Philip Larkin\u2019s\u2019 collected poems would be the one book he would like to die with. When the poems perish, as do the thoughts! You can follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ronynair\" target=\"_blank\">@ronynair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salma Saadi<\/strong> is a Canadian social worker and writer. She is passionate about immigrant and refugee rights and telling stories about oppression, strength and resilience. She has completed a three month writing residency at Artscape Gibraltor Point on the Toronto Islands and has spent three months writing in Berlin at the artist residency Takt Kunstprojektraum. She is currently working on her first novel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>W. Jack Savage<\/strong> is a retired broadcaster and educator. He is the author of seven books including <em>Imagination: The Art of W. Jack Savage<\/em>. To date, more than fifty of Jack\u2019s short stories and over eight-hundred of his paintings and drawings have been published worldwide. Jack and his wife Kathy live in Monrovia, California. You can learn more about his work at his website, <a href=\"http:\/\/wjacksavage.com\" target=\"_blank\">wjacksavage.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kristen Smith<\/strong> received a Bachelors of Arts in English at Mount Allison University and a Masters from Ryerson University. Her collection of poetry, <em>Voices<\/em>, was awarded the Graham Atlantic Writing Prize. Kristen participated in the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also, she was selected as one of six poets internationally to participate in the Writing With Style program at the Banff Centre (Banff, AB). In both her creative and academic writing, Kristen explores themes of absence, belonging, community, and music. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies at York University. You can discover more about her work on her website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristenasmith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">kristenasmith.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISSN 2371-1361 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (&#8220;No Evident Horizon&#8221; by W. 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