Past Contributor Reading Series: Amanda Jess

Today in PCRS, Amanda Jess reading her CNF piece “What am I complaining about?” from untethered vol. 5.1 

Amanda Jess is a Nova Scotia-based writer who has been published in FLARE, untethered, and several newspapers throughout Nova Scotia. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of King’s College and a BA in Journalism from St. Thomas University. She proudly owns the label feminist, and specializes in writing that explores consent, self-love, and relationships. @jessamand

If you missed this issue you can grab a copy here, and check out selected excerpts here.

CW: this reading discusses sexual assault.

You can read Amanda’s piece below.

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for a reading from our next past contributor, Maryam Gowralli.

Past Contributor Reading Series: Joyce Chong

Happy Sunday!! Today in our PCRS, Joyce Chong reads her poems “adrift” and “natural disaster” from untethered vol. 1.2 

Joyce Chong lives in Mississauga, Ontario. She works with bacteria all day, and in her spare time enjoys picking up and putting down heavy objects  and calling it exercise. You can find her work in a variety of literary magazines and anthologies, full list available at joycechong.weebly.com. She is also the author of two micro-chapbooks, “Inventory” and “Dream-Like Houses” from Ghost City Press. You can find her on Twitter or Instagram @_joycechong. 

This issue is sold out, but you can still read excerpts from it here!

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Today in our PCRS, Joyce Chong reading her poems "adrift" and "natural disaster" from untethered vol. 1.2 Joyce Chong lives in Mississauga, Ontario. She works with bacteria all day, and in her spare time enjoys picking up and putting down heavy objects and calling it excercise. You can find her work in a variety of literary magazine and anthologies, full list available at joycechong.weebly.com. She is also the author of two micro-chapbooks, "Inventory" and "Dream-Like Houses" from Ghost City Press. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @_joycechong After listening to this, you can read these wonderful poems for yourself in the next post! This issue is sold out, but you can find great excerpts from it on our website! Link in bio.

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Read Joyce’s wonderful poems below!

Tomorrow we feature Amanda Jess, so don’t forget to check back in!

Past Contributor Reading Series: Arina Kharlamova

Today in PCRS Part Two, Arina Kharlamova reading her poem “for want of exhaustion” from untethered vol. 2.2 

Arina Kharlamova is a poet, mama, and copywriter. She’s working on her first poetry collection, slowly, in between mamahood. Find her at @arkamova on twitter and instagram

This issue is sold out but if you missed it, you can read selected excerpts from it here.

This poem will go down in history as one of my favourites we’ve ever published. It makes me smile and cry at the same time just like I did when I first heard Arina read it at our launch. I think it’s just gorgeous and I hope you think so too.

Read this absolutely beautiful poem below.

Don’t forget to check back in tomorrow when we’ll have another amazing reading up for you by Joyce Chong from our second issue!