Author: Kris Kaila

Kris Kaila (she/her) is a Punjabi Canadian poet/writer, bookstagrammer and cross-stitching novice. Her poetry has been published in the Usawa Literary Review and Maza Arts Collective and in various anthologies and zines, including being reprinted in the Indian Yearbook 2022 and 2024. Kris is a member of the League of Canadian Poets, was chosen as the poetry mentee for the Writers’ Trust of Canada Mentorship and a reader for Events magazine. You can find out more on My Novelesque Life and @krisesque_life (IG).

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Looking to the Smallest: An Interview with Doug Fritock

Doug Fritock is a writer, husband, and father of four living in Redondo Beach, Calif. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared or is forthcoming in Hunger Mountain Review, Rust & Moth, and SoFloPoJo among other literary journals. He is an active member of Maya C. Popa’s Conscious Writers Collective.
Doug Fritock is a writer, husband, and father of four living in Redondo Beach, Calif. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared or is forthcoming in Hunger Mountain Review, Rust & Moth, and SoFloPoJo among other literary journals. He is an active member of Maya C. Popa’s Conscious Writers Collective.

Q. Three of the poems in this collection have “my father.” Does your father also feature in some way in “Old Suits” or influence the poem? And, can you speak a little bit about that? A. While my father doesn’t directly appear in or influence “Old Suits,” the themes of inheritance, aging, and seeking the […]

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‘Chaos theory is a misleading name’ & Other Observations: An Interview with Julie Shulman

Please share with us the theme(s) that connect these five poems together, and what makes them a collection. Each of these poems reflects on the theme of science and its limits, and the fundamental element of uncertainty in the human experience. Whether it is in the mysteries of nature, such as how birds navigate while […]