Gatherings | Issue 31
Hala Alyan, Michael V. Smith, Saeed Teebi, Lilian Nattel, Jessica Westhead, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, and the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.
My News
Anecdotes has gone into a second printing, which I’m very excited about! Thanks to everyone who has bought and shared this book!
My dear friend Michael V. Smith, author (most recently) of the gorgeous and brilliant poetry book Queers Like Me (Book*hug, 2023) wrote about Anecdotes and brought me to tears!
I was over the moon to discover Michael Bryson has written a review of Anecdotes alongside a review of Daughter by Claudia Dey, which I’m very excited to read.
I also recommend subscribing to Michael’s Substack where you’ll find original writing by Bryson along with wonderful reviews and other “scribblings”.
Toronto friends Anecdotes e-book now available at the TPL!
I have a reading coming up in Victoria on Thursday January 25 at the Wild Prose Reading Series hosted by Susan Sanford Blades.
Gatherings
“Unsafe Passage” by Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker
“Revision” by Hala Alyan
To be Palestinian is to constantly have basic facts of your existence denied by Saeed Teebi, Globe and Mail
Hannah Arendt would not qualify for the Hannah Arendt prize in Germany today by Samantha Hill, The Guardian
Michael V. Smith on the Unexpected Journey of His Spectacular Seventh Book, Queers Like Me, Open Book
“Julia” by Ada Zhang, Electric Literature
Emily Schultz reads from Sleeping with Friends out January 2024!
Still Life by Algebra Suicide
Kerry Clare recommends 14 short fiction collections, 49th Shelf
Docs Blocked by BC NDP Raise Questions about First Nation Statement on Fairy Creek Protests by Jimmy Thomson, The Walrus
I’m currently reading Only Sisters by Lilian Nattel and loving it. Nattel has a gift for portraying deeply complex family dynamics.
Writer admits to review-bombing, New York Times
Author Meets BookTok: Conversation between Sim Kern and Rashid Khalidi
Jessica Westhead is teaching an online fiction course at U of T! Register now. Also check out Westhead’s excellent new short fiction collection, Avalanche, which I’m also reading.
Lisa Bird-Wilson in conversation with Tim Blackett about his new story collection Grandview Drive (Nightwood Books).
Sign up for Reading & Writing through Poetry is Queer with Kirby (in person & online)
Calls for Submission
Room Magazine has put together a list of submission opportunities for writers
Send My Love to Anyone contributor Francine Cunningham is judging the Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers from the Writers Union of Canada
Recommended Substacks
Support Send My Love to Anyone
Support Send My Love to Anyone by signing up for a monthly or yearly subscription, liking this post, or sharing it!
Big heartfelt thanks to all of the subscribers and contributors who make this project possible!
Connect
Bluesky | Instagram | Archive | Contributors | Subscribe | About SMLTA