Contributors

Emiliano Ponzi (cover) is an illustrator based in Milan, Italy. His clients include the New York Times, le Monde, and The New Yorker.

Ira Wells (“Sold Out,” p. 15) teaches at the University of Toronto and has written for the New Republic, the Guardian, and the Literary Review of Canada.

Drew Shannon (illustration, p. 15) is an illustrator and the co-creator of The Montague Twins, a supernatural mystery comic.

Kyle Metcalf (illustration, p. 19) is a Calgary-based illustrator whose work has been published in Monocle and Reader’s Digest Canada.

Kristy Woudstra (“Simple Recipe,” p. 23) has written for This, The United Church Observer, Huffpo Canada, Geez, and Today’s Parent.

Isabel Foo (illustration, p. 23) is a Toronto-based graphic designer and illustrator.

Sharon J. Riley (“Overhauled,” p. 26) is a writer from Alberta. Her work has appeared in Maisonneuve, Harper’s, and The Tyee.

Emily Urquhart (“Old Masters,” p. 38) is a writer based in Kitchener, Ontario. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Azure, and Hakai Magazine.

Derek Webster (“Finding the Right Words,” p. 46) is a Montreal-based writer and the founding editor of Maisonneuve. Mockingbird, his first book of poems, was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award.

Terence Byrnes ( photographs, p. 46) lives in Montreal. His published work includes photography, fiction, non-fiction, and memoir.

Sara Hylton (“Portraits of Resilience,” p. 52) is a Canadian documentary photographer based in New York City and Mumbai. Her work focuses on women’s issues and human rights. Geneviève Pettersen (“The Queen of Zilch,” p. 60) is a Montreal-based author, columnist, and screenwriter. She is currently working on a new novel.

Neil Smith (“The Queen of Zilch,” p. 60) has won the Paragraphe Hugh Maclennan Prize for Fiction and been nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation.

Avery Kua (illustration, p. 60) is an illustrator whose work has been published in The Kit Compact and the Globe and Mail.

George Murray ( poem, p. 63) lives in St. John’s, where he is the poet laureate. He is the editor of newpoetry.ca, and his latest book is Quick.

Jason Mcbride (“Best in Show,” p. 65) is a Toronto-based journalist whose work has appeared in Toronto Life, New York, and Maclean’s.

Anoosha Syed (illustration, p. 65) is an illustrator and a co-host of the podcast The Art Corner.

Kayla Czaga (poem, p. 68) will release her second collection of poems, Dunk Tank, in 2019.

André Forget (“Prodigal Son,” p. 71) is managing editor of The Puritan.

Shawn Kuruneru (illustration, p. 71) is a Canadian-born artist of Chinese and Sri Lankan heritage. His artwork has been published in the New York Times, Border Crossings, Canadian Art, and Vice.

Margaret Atwood (“Just My Type,” p. 74) is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and criticism.

Tallulah Fontaine (illustrations, p. 10, 12, 74) is an illustrator whose clients include Vice, Glamour UK, and Precedent.