Meet Andy Weaver! Andy’s poem, “Octopuses,” will be featured in our upcoming issue, Vol. 14!

How Andy describes “Octopuses” in 12 words or less:
“Dad contemplates his two-year-old son with some help from The Muppets”

Andy Weaver’s fourth book of poetry, The Loom, is forthcoming from the University of Calgary Press. Recent publications are the chapbooks So/I (above/ground press; longlisted for the 2022 Nelson Ball Prize) and Ligament/Ligature (Model Press), as well as poems in recent or forthcoming issues of The Fiddlehead, The Angle, Grain and Prairie Fire. He teaches poetry and creative writing at York University. While mostly indifferent to squid, Weaver is fascinated by octopuses and cuttlefish.

Meet Paula Turcotte! Paula’s poem, “I am the Lord your God & other commandments,” will be featured in our upcoming issue, Vol. 14!

How Paula describes “I am the Lord your God & other commandments” in 12 words or less:
“Sacred is to ritual as lustful is to cataclysm”

Paula Turcotte loves her dog, your dog and Raisin Bran. She was born and raised on Treaty 7 land, home of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Tsuut’ina and Stoney Nakoda First Nations. Alongside untethered, you can find her work in Canthius, Peatsmoke and Arc Poetry. She is a poetry editor at MAYDAY.

Meet Krissi Stocks! Krissi’s nonfiction piece, “Tanacetum vulgare,” will be featured in our upcoming issue, Vol. 14!

How Krissi describes “Tanacetum vulgare” in 12 words or less:
“Remembering one yellow flower, a weed detective, and cultivating contentment”

Krissi Stocks lives in Newfoundland with an unreliable herb garden and a husky that hates the snow. She is finishing her MA in Creative Writing at Memorial University. Her latest writing and poetry are in Humana Obscura, Apricity, Miracle Monocle and Roanoke Review. Krissi was a finalist in CutBank Magazine’s fiction contest and winner of SNAP Gallery’s 2023 flash fiction contest. Follow her at @kristinaaanne on Instagram.