Brick: A Literary Journal, Winter 2017

by Laurie D. Graham (Editor)

In its 25-year history, Brick has grown from a grassroots magazine to one of the most respected literary journals in the world. Focused on literary nonfiction of various genres and subjects -- the writing life, travel, film, memoir, interviews with writers, and excerpts from their works -- Brick is an ongoing conversation between readers and writers. This issue includes:
A correspondence between Sheila Heti and Elena Ferrante
Forrest Gander translates The Lost Poems
Edna O’Brien talks to Eleanor Wachtel
Kirsty Gunn goes bush
Reviews by Karen Solie, Tara Quinn, Lisa Moore, and Dale Smith
Jan Zwicky on sugar highs and discernment
Jonathan Butler in conversation with Tim Lilburn
Sunila Galappatti wrestles with her instincts
Commodore Ajith Boyagoda plays badminton with the enemy
Javier Montes searches for Elizabeth Bishop in Rio
Aaron Gilbreath finds Lucky Thompson in Seattle
Marina Endicott on her father’s foray into publishing
Paul Seesequasis reclaims stories from Everett Baker’s photographs



Michael Redhill, Adam Sol,Lynn Crosbie, Naben Ruthnum, Marina Endicott, Donna Morrissey, Christy Ann Conlin, Aga Maksimowska, Liz Johnston, and Pasha Malla fix the classics



Poetry by Pablo Neruda and Obi Nwakanma
Fiction by Nicholas Ruddock

159 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Laurie D. Graham comes from Treaty 6 territory (Sherwood Park, Alberta) and currently lives in Nogojiwanong, in the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg (Peterborough, Ontario), where she is a poet, an editor, and the publisher of Brick magazine. Her first book, Rove, was nominated for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for best first book of poetry in Canada, and her second book, Settler Education, was nominated for the Trillium Award for Poetry. A third book is forthcoming from McClelland & Stewart in 2022.