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An independent literary journal for the long form

Essays, fiction, and criticism for readers who believe that good prose is worth the time it takes to write it well. Published from Victoria, British Columbia, since 2011.

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Essay The Grammar of Arriving: Notes on Landscape and Belonging

A meditation on the language we inherit for places we did not grow up in, and what it costs to use it honestly.

Rachel Tsang·28 min
Fiction The Houseguest
David Osei

Criticism On the Uses of Ambiguity: Reading Thomas King Again
M. Bélanger

Poetry Three Poems from the Interior
Ingrid Paulette
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