by prfire | Jul 20, 2018 | Extras, News
What does memory bring? More exactly what do we bring to memory? In the case of the early days of Prairie Fire, one remembers the coming together of several disparate artists and administrators at the cramped space on Donald St., the Arts Administrative Centre. It...
by prfire | Feb 2, 2015 | News
Our sincere apologies for inadvertently leaving off the third section of Michael Lockett’s poem “Oscar Diversifies his Tradecraft” in the winter issue. Here is the poem in its entirety: Oscar Diversifies his Tradecraft by Michael Lockett I Eavesdropping’s alright. It...
by prfire | Apr 29, 2014 | News
Our sincere apologies for inadvertently leaving off the latter part of Carly Dow’s poem in the spring issue.Here’s the whole poem now: Flame Keepers by Carly Dow We are flame keepers. Flame throwers, although it was not a deliberate toss of the match. I held the...
by prfire | Jan 20, 2014 | News
Katherena Vermette, a Métis/Mennonite poet, won the 2013 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Poetry for North End Love Songs (The Muses’ Co.). Shayla Elizabeth is a Cree/Iniwé writer/storyteller based in Winnipeg. Shayla Elizabeth: When did you know...
by prfire | Jul 4, 2013 | News
by Christian Riegel In mid March, 2007, I answered the phone and mistook Denis Sproxton’s voice for that of his father, Birk. For a brief moment, I thought I was to have another of the many conversations that Birk and I regularly had about reading, writing, and the...
by prfire | Jun 24, 2013 | News
On June 7, Sue’s suite of poems “fashion” won silver at the National Magazine Awards gala in Toronto. fashion: inspiration wear In this dress you will forget your inability to be fluid and will walk into rooms as...
