Issue No. 5
WINTER 2024
In the fifth issue of The Ampersand Review, we are proud to present a variety of short stories, poems, and a work of creative nonfiction that showcase innovative writers in the Canadian literary landscape. This issue features an exclusive interview with Catherine Hernandez, poetry by Sanna Wani and Jaime Forsythe, fiction by Gary Barwin, a nonfiction essay by Vange Schramek, the winner of our inaugural essay contest, and more!
Contents
Poetry
Jaime Forsythe
Y. S. Lee
Wild ice
Derek Webster
Double Dream of Joni Mitchell
Leighton Schreyer
Kayla Czaga
Rob Winger
Reverse Imaginary Time Capsule
Sanna Wani
Forecast
Winterization
Bardia Sinaee
Miracles
Phillip Crymble
Omega Man
Beatriz Hausner
The Acrobat
Pedro Serrano
Saltimbanqui
Fiction
Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi
Suhrawardi et al, “The Comedy of Man-Star: illuminationist Thinking and Commodity Mysticism,” Journal of Behavioural Economics, 2027 [2067]
Joseph Donato
Gary Barwin
The Mrs. Santa Stories
Non-Fiction
Vange Schramek
Features
Catherine Hernandez
Sanna wani, aga wilmot, and laurie graham
Ampersands of the Industry: Three short interviews
Reviews
Sahar golshan
Reuniting with Strangers by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio
Luigi Sposato
Uncomfortability by Roxanna Bennett
erin brenneman
Only Insistence by James Lindsay
Ashley Haynes
The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life by Kari Dickson & Rune Christiansen