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Grain, the journal of eclectic writing, is a literary quarterly that publishes engaging, diverse, and challenging writing and art.

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Book Cover for: Rail, Kai Carlson-Wee

Rail

Kai Carlson-Wee
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Miranda Pearson is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Rail with McGill-Queen’s University Press. Pearson's work in Grain 50.3. Subscribe today: https://t.co/VIiY0XV5Dw. #ContributorSpotlight #Writing #CanLit #LitMag https://t.co/gFh1n8I5Hw

Paperback, 2018

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Dance Floor Tilts, Susan Alexander

The Dance Floor Tilts

Susan Alexander
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Susan Alexander is the author of two books, Nothing You Can Carry and The Dance Floor Tilts. Read Alexander's work in the forthcoming issue, Grain 50.2. Subscribe today: https://t.co/Pel8sVjS53. Artwork, “Dancing with Fish,” by Cee Pootoogook. https://t.co/wu3AIhIwbr

Paperback, 2017

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Book Cover for: Nothing You Can Carry, Susan Alexander

Nothing You Can Carry

Susan Alexander
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Susan Alexander is the author of two books, Nothing You Can Carry and The Dance Floor Tilts. Read Alexander's work in the forthcoming issue, Grain 50.2. Subscribe today: https://t.co/Pel8sVjS53. Artwork, “Dancing with Fish,” by Cee Pootoogook. https://t.co/wu3AIhIwbr

Paperback, 2020

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Book Cover for: Rain Shadow, Nicholas Bradley

Rain Shadow

Nicholas Bradley
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Nicholas Bradley is the author of Rain Shadow (University of Alberta Press, 2018). Read Bradley's work forthcoming in Grain 50.3. Subscribe today: https://t.co/VIiY0XV5Dw. https://t.co/O2SVOtU0pC

Paperback, 2018

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Book Cover for: Straggler: "DOOFUS" Grandpa, James Stordahl

Straggler: "DOOFUS" Grandpa

James Stordahl
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: @Tanis_MacDonald is the author of Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female (2022). Read MacDonald's work forthcoming in Grain 50.2. Subscribe today: https://t.co/Pel8sVjS53. Artwork, “Dancing with Fish,” by Cee Pootoogook. https://t.co/MT8yW76oXq

Paperback, 2014

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Book Cover for: Curios: Poems, Judith Taylor

Curios: Poems

Judith Taylor
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Judith Taylor's poems have been most recently published in Antigonish, TNQ, and The Malahat Review. Read Taylor's work forthcoming in Grain 50.2. Subscribe today: https://t.co/Pel8sVjS53. Artwork, “Dancing with Fish,” by Cee Pootoogook. https://t.co/f1eMzOwcwj

Paperback, 2000

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Book Cover for: Avenue of Champions, Conor Kerr

Avenue of Champions

Conor Kerr
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Former Grain Prose Editor Lisa Bird-Wilson is a finalist in the Amazon First Novel Award, Adult category, for her novel Probably Ruby. Grain contributor Conor Kerr is also a finalist for his novel Avenue of Champions. Congratulations Lisa and Conor! Good luck to all finalists. https://t.co/VgGsSJd01G

Paperback, 2022

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Book Cover for: The Response of Weeds: A Misplacement of Black Poetry on the Prairies, Bertrand Bickersteth

The Response of Weeds: A Misplacement of Black Poetry on the Prairies

Bertrand Bickersteth
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Bertrand Bickersteth was born in Sierra Leone and raised in Alberta. His collection of poetry, The Response of Weeds, was the recipient of multiple awards. Read Bickerseth's work forthcoming in Grain 50.3. Subscribe today: https://t.co/VIiY0XUxNY.

Paperback, 2020

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Book Cover for: Elementary Particles, Sneha Madhavan-Reese

Elementary Particles

Sneha Madhavan-Reese
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Sneha Madhavan-Reese is the author of the poetry collections Observing the Moon (Hagios Press, 2015) and Elementary Particles (forthcoming from Brick Books, Fall 2023). Read Madhavan-Reese's work in Grain 50.3. Subscribe today: https://t.co/VIiY0XUxNY https://t.co/26n81w3H5O

Paperback, 2023

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Book Cover for: Probably Ruby, Lisa Bird-Wilson

Probably Ruby

Lisa Bird-Wilson
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Former Grain Prose Editor Lisa Bird-Wilson is a finalist in the Amazon First Novel Award, Adult category, for her novel Probably Ruby. Grain contributor Conor Kerr is also a finalist for his novel Avenue of Champions. Congratulations Lisa and Conor! Good luck to all finalists. https://t.co/VgGsSJd01G

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book