PRISM Presents...: Recent Episodes
Sofia Osborne and Vivian Li
Hosted by UBC Creative Writing master’s students Vivian Li and Sofia Osborne, PRISM Presents… features readings and interviews with the many amazing poets, fiction, and nonfiction writers who have graced PRISM International’s pages, as well as contest judges and faculty and students from the UBC Creative Writing Program. Stay tuned for the readings and vibes!
PRISM International is a quarterly literary magazine based on the UBC Vancouver campus, with the mandate of publishing the best in contemporary writing and translation from Canada and around the world. PRISM is the oldest literary magazine in western Canada, and writing from PRISM has been featured in Best American Stories, Best American Essays and The Journey Prize Stories, among other notable publications. Visit our website at prismmagazine.ca for more information.
Music by Vivian Li.
In this episode, Sofia Osborne is joined in the studio by fellow UBC MFA creative writing student and incoming PRISM poetry editor Dora Prieto to talk about poetry, comics, revision, and more!Read more of Dora's work here https://bio.site/doraprieto and follow her on Twitter @dorajprieto.For more information , check out our website at prismmagazine.ca.
To celebrate the Valentine’s spirit, we’ll be sharing some beautiful writing about love from the amazing students and faculty of UBC’s creative writing program. We have readings from Sheryda Warrener, Mallory Tater, Mandy Len Catron, Vivian Li, Sofia Osborne, Clara Otto, and Bronwen Tate about love in all its forms.For more information, check out our website at prismmagazine.ca.
In this episode, we are live in the studio with fellow UBC MFA creative writing students Jess Goldman and RJ McDaniel to talk about craft, process, baseball, ghosts, and more! Read Jess's piece, "After Bubbe" here: https://maisonneuve.org/article/2022/06/24/after-bubbe/ and follow them on Instagram @yentlthewriter. Read RJ's piece, "Albert Pujols Arrives in Jupiter", here: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/albert-pujols-arrives-in-jupiter/ and follow them on Twitter @rumhamlet. For more information , check out our website at prismmagazine.ca.
In this episode, we’re actually going to hear more from host Vivian Li, because not only is she the prose editor for PRISM, she’s also an extremely prolific creator whose poetry chapbook debut, "Someday I Promise, I'll Love You", and short film directorial debut, "In Silence, We Sing" have just come out. Tune in for some readings and conversation!You can find more information at https://vivianlicreates.com/For more information about submitting to the 2023 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, check out our website at prismmagazine.ca before the deadline on January 15.
In this episode, we will be sharing readings and interviews with Wiley Ho and JT Maruyama, two writers published in PRISM’s fall themed issue 61.1. We also discuss PRISM's upcoming IBPOC issue.
For more information about submitting to PRISM's IBPOC issue, check out our website at prismmagazine.ca before the deadline on January 15.
In this episode, we will be sharing readings and interviews with Grace Lau, the judge for the Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize 2022 contest, as well as insights and advice from last year’s winner Miguel Perez. We really enjoyed these conversations and hope you will too!
For more information about submitting to the Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize, check out our website at prismmagazine.ca before the deadline on October 31.