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Poem Special Project

CHAIN 2: Tinnitus as a Form of Pareidolia

Within a whisper, a wispof her ringing. An offering:here there be monsters, terseas a hearse, her iris rife with if,a fire irate at aching, achinga…

Poem Special Project

CHAIN 1: Delusional Structures of the Inner Ear

Staff August 25, 2020 Andy Verboom CAROUSEL Chain Poem poetry

Fregoli’s Hammer Everyone sherries a gâteau now and then or rums a ham secretly, tips a flask in coffee, guzzles pure ethanol soon as I stop…

4PANEL Special Project

4PANEL Supplement No. 16 now free online (from CAROUSEL 42)

Staff July 10, 2020 4PANEL Aeon Mute Andrea Lukic Caroline Sury CAROUSEL CAROUSEL 42 CAROUSEL 42 comic comic strip constrained comics François Henninger Huh Hyunjung Jeong Wonkyo Juli Majer Kim Jooha Laurence Lagier Lomé Lu Manuel Margaux Duseigneur OOO Rantan The 4PANEL Project William Dereume Woo Younsik

Kim Jooha recently guest-edited The 4PANEL Project‘s 8-page Supplement section in CAROUSEL 42. This special section features explorations of the four-panel comic strip format by…

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Reading Queer in the GTA (5)

Staff June 25, 2020 Banoo Zan CAROUSEL CAROUSEL 42 CAROUSEL 42 GTA poetry queer Toronto

BÄNOO ZAN The Land of Orange Blossoms * You journey to me I circle your squarelike a pilgrim farewellto Kaaba Your womenin farmers’ market sell…

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Reading Queer in the GTA (4)

Staff June 24, 2020 CAROUSEL CAROUSEL 42 CAROUSEL 42 GTA Kamila Rina poetry queer Toronto

KAMILA RINA Imprints Last night, my ass pressed against the sink, the dish drainer rattling behind me, my teeth against your shoulders, your arm holding…

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Reading Queer in the GTA (3)

Staff June 24, 2020 CAROUSEL CAROUSEL 42 CAROUSEL 42 GTA Kirby poetry queer Toronto

KIRBY 3:52 PM It’s Wednesday(all this time thought it was Tuesday) adult peeps just off N. Sylvanialast booth on the right ajar construction worker tank…

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Reading Queer in the GTA (2)

Staff June 23, 2020 CAROUSEL CAROUSEL 42 CAROUSEL 42 GTA Khashayar Mohammadi poetry queer Toronto

KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI Pillow’s Kiss (excerpted from Moe’s Skin) Pillow’s kiss past midnight’s stroke and doze down the fugueof highway tunes. Up, up and away —…

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Reading Queer in the GTA (1)

Staff June 23, 2020 CAROUSEL CAROUSEL 42 CAROUSEL 42 GTA poetry queer Tanis Franco Toronto

TANIS FRANCO I Regret My Actions Up Until Now I rescheduled too many times but I actuallydo like you. This night is reminding methat I…

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LGBTQA+GTA

Jade Wallace June 22, 2020 Banoo Zan CAROUSEL CAROUSEL 42 CAROUSEL 42 GTA Jade Wallace Kamila Rina Khashayar Mohammadi Kirby poetry queer Tanis Franco Toronto

In 2019, CAROUSEL interviewed five writers whose origins spanned the globe, whose ages straddled generations, whose writing practices crossed genres and genders, but who were…