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From the Archive: John B. Lee (CAROUSEL 16)

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JOHN B. Lee Drugging the Fishes It seemsthe things we flushare drugging the fishesin New York City, for instancethere’s enough Prozacin the East Riverto keepthe herring happy as housewivesin sitcoms all seasonproblem is — they’ve lost theirinterest in spawning, soif and when the males come-a-milting(though they mostly come-a-tilting)they keep their eggsto themselves, their roe in sacks like bobblesthey’re so swim-dizzy they’ve lost all desireeven the words ‘oviparous,spontaneous myosis, external fertilization,egg vent’leave them cold-blooded …even the

From the Archive: Brian Burke (CAROUSEL 15)

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07, 2020
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BRIAN BURKE Hibiscus iguanas hide in the drain pipesof a twenty-foot walloutside our studio doorfeed on the hibiscuscamouflaged from gamekeepersintent on banishing themto the lush green golf coursebeside the ocean the iguana journey back hang on overhead palm branches bury themselves in small rock crevices dig out shaded caves near the shore & finally stretch their necks out of the drain-piped wall of rock cautious but dreaming also of rain of gamekeepers & of dinosaurs

From the Archive: D.N. Simmers (CAROUSEL 15)

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07, 2020
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D.N. SIMMERS Letting an Umbrella Open Into the Wind I let an umbrella

From the Archive: Wendy Lu (CAROUSEL 15)

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07, 2020
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WENDY LU Untitled Untitled appeared in CAROUSEL 15 (2004) — buy it here

From the Archive: Sorouja Moll (CAROUSEL 15)

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07, 2020
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SOROUJA MOLL Office Corner Office Corner appeared in CAROUSEL 15 (2004) — buy it here

CAROUSEL 43 — out now!

Summer 2020; 80 pages perfect-bound w/ bleedsCover artwork by Mark LaliberteDesign by Origin Obscure The summer 2020 issue of CAROUSEL — our final print issue — is available to order now! Poetry, Fiction, Comics, Interviews & Artwork by: John Barton • Gary Barwin • derek beaulieu • David James Brock • Sue Chenette • Jeremy Colangelo • Adam Day • Leesa Dean • Jonathan Duckworth • Jonathan Dyck • Kenneth Jakubas • Karl Jirgens •

4PANEL Supplement No. 16 now free online (from CAROUSEL 42)

Kim Jooha recently guest-edited The 4PANEL Project‘s 8-page Supplement section in CAROUSEL 42. This special section features explorations of the four-panel comic strip format by an absolutely magical roster of both Canadian and international artists: William Dereume (Canada) Margaux Duseigneur (France) François Henninger (France) Huh Hyunjung (South Korea) Laurence Lagier (France) Lomé Lu (France) Andrea Lukic (Canada) Juli Majer (Canada) Manuel (France) Aeon Mute (Canada) OOO (Korea) Rantan (Korea) Caroline Sury (France) Jeong Wonkyo (Korea) Woo Younsik (Korea) While the 4PANEL Supplement

A Queer Lit Reading List

A compilation of poetry collections recommended by LGBTQA+GTA interviewees Audre Lorde, The Collected Poems Billy-Ray Belcourt, This Wound is a World Brian Dedora, A Few Sharp Sticks Chrystos, Fire Power Dionne Brand, No Language is Neutral Edna St. Vincent Millay, Collected Sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay Essex Hemphill, Ceremonies Gwen Benaway, Holy Wild Hafiz, The Divan of Hafiz June Jordan, Directed By Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan Kevin Simmonds, Mad for Meat

Reading Queer in the GTA (5)

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06, 2020
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BÄNOO ZAN The Land of Orange Blossoms * You journey to me I circle your squarelike a pilgrim farewellto Kaaba Your womenin farmers’ market sell me herbs of memoryin floral dresses I’m a babyat their breasts drinking the milk of blood letting go of water Your mentoil in fields ofabundance smelling the difference between rice and books Relatives take me inknowing I’m notone of them Friends keep me aliveto confront them After all these yearsyou

Reading Queer in the GTA (4)

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06, 2020
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KAMILA RINA Imprints Last night, my ass pressed against the sink, the dish drainer rattling behind me, my teeth against your shoulders, your arm holding me up, my skirt pushed up past my hip on one side, the fingers of your other hand moved inside me in an elegant dance. Like ballet underwater, the steps fanned out in all directions: point up, reach deep, tug forward toward my pubic bone, twist and turn, sweep to

Reading Queer in the GTA (3)

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06, 2020
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KIRBY 3:52 PM It’s Wednesday(all this time thought it was Tuesday) adult peeps just off N. Sylvanialast booth on the right ajar construction worker tank jeans wide opencock juts out rigid hard raging lit by moaning straight porn breathtaking says nothing smokes transfixed on screen pretendsthey don’t see me enter kneel stare weep wonder imaginebefore god almighty living god in your mouthyour all of you given over to your godno holding back

Reading Queer in the GTA (2)

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06, 2020
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KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI Pillow’s Kiss (excerpted from Moe’s Skin) Pillow’s kiss past midnight’s stroke and doze down the fugueof highway tunes. Up, up and away — past mall-lit windows wemigrate between, bootleg DVDs and cider house blues wherehatred blossoms in plastic-bagged opacity, past the hooka-smokinggirls lustfully eyeing lustful men in blue.Feel like a god, but slip on Moe’s Skin.A new motto for massage chair afternoons:“Don’t frown! You’ll slip.”A single leaf behind an iPod case;a Djinn in

Reading Queer in the GTA (1)

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06, 2020
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TANIS FRANCO I Regret My Actions Up Until Now I rescheduled too many times but I actuallydo like you. This night is reminding methat I want to get over my avoidantnature. Something about those steely cloudsoutside, the fact that my roses have persistentpests, and the man who shot people justhaving an ordinary dinner on the Danforthlast night. We were going to have dinnerthis week. Today, my perfect bedroom rugwas delivered and it stood outside in

LGBTQA+GTA

In 2019, CAROUSEL interviewed five writers whose origins spanned the globe, whose ages straddled generations, whose writing practices crossed genres and genders, but who were all akin insofar as they were then at work making queer poetry in the GTA. The essay based on those interviews appeared in full in CAROUSEL 42, our winter 2019/20 print issue. What follows is an abridged and lightly edited version of that essay. How do you know whether the

CAROUSEL 42 now available

Featuring Poetry, Fiction, Reviews & Artwork by: Rachel Cloud Adams • Joshua Chris Bouchard • Tim Conley • Rocco De Giacomo • Jean Demers • Nicholas Di Genova • Tanis Franco • Eleanor Gray • KIRBY • Mark Laliberte • Evelyn Lau • Khashayar Mohammadi • gustave morin • Kamila Rina • Helen Tran • Daniel Scott Tysdal • Christine Walde • Jade Wallace • Myna Wallin • John Sibley Williams • Bänoo Zan Includes

from CAROUSEL 40: Julie Mannell’s ‘July 19, 2015: Three Years After the Strike ‘

Erratum Notice: It’s been brought to our attention that a printer’s imposition error has occurred in the print version of CAROUSEL 40; please note that pages 53 and 54 have been inverted in Julie Mannell’s story July 19, 2015: Three Years After the Strike (appearing on pages 51 to 58 of the journal). As a way of correcting this unfortunate error, we are releasing a downloadable PDF, which publishes the story in its correct

DOMINIQUE PÉTRIN in CAROUSEL 36

Shannon Anderson takes a fresh and intensive look at the work of installation artist Dominique Pétrin Montreal printmaker/installation artist Dominique Pétrin — whose practice is prominently featured in a 9-page section in CAROUSEL 36 — creates monumental, immersive art works that are unique, ephemeral and specifically conceived for their environment. With every new work she produces, the walls and floors of a gallery are wallpapered with hand silkscreened works on paper — featuring bold lines, jarring

“Little That Can Be Done with the Pen …” — a C36 Excerpt

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08, 2016
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Typewriter art/poetry seems to be having a bright moment — a surge of interest evidenced by several recent mass-market books that survey the medium from different angles. In his article, ‘Little Can Be Done With The Pen Cannot Be Repeated with the Typewriter … ’ CAROUSEL 36 contributor conormcdonnell takes a look at two of the best while exploring 125 years worth of visual-poetic history. “The paper has to be turned and re-turned, and twisted in

C36 Contributor RICHARD KELLY KEMICK’s Debut Poetry Collection

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08, 2016
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Have you read Kemick’s Caribou Run? CAROUSEL 36 contributor Richard Kelly Kemick recently released his debut poetry collection, Caribou Run, with Goose Lane Editions. Kemick’s poetry, prose, and criticism have been published in literary magazines and journals across Canada and the United States, most recently in The Walrus, Maisonneuve, The Fiddlehead and Tin House. His work has won national awards, including a National Magazine gold medal, and has been accepted into Canadian and British anthologies. “At one moment,

C36 Contributor VINCENT COLISTRO’s Debut Poetry Collection

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Have you read Vincent Colistro’s Late Victorians? CAROUSEL 36 contributor Vincent Colistro recently launched his debut poetry collection, Late Victorians, with Signal Editions (the poetry imprint at Véhicule Press). Based in Toronto, Colistro’s poems have appeared in The Walrus, Hazlitt, Geist and Arc; he was a prize-winner in the 2012 Short Grain contest, and was nominated for National Magazine Award for Poetry in 2014. “The Late Victorians re-sets the machinery. The voice here is way