Fireweed (periodical)
Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly of Writing, Politics, Art & Culture, was founded in Toronto, Canada, in 1978[1][2] by the Fireweed Collective. Collective members have included Gay Allison, Lynne Fernie,[3] Hilda Kirkwood, Liz Brady, Elizabeth Ruth, Makeda Silvera, Carolyn Smart and Rhea Tregebov. Issues of Fireweed usually focus on a theme or topic, such as "Writing" (#10), "Fear & Violence" (#14), "Women of Colour" (#16), "Canadian Women Poets" (#23), "Class" (#25 & 26), "Sex & Sexuality" (#37 & 38), and "Language" (#44/45), though there are frequent "open" issues.[4]
The quarterly's ISSN is 0706-3857.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Sugars, Cynthia (2 November 2015). The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 850. ISBN 978-0-19-994187-2. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Easingwood, Peter; Gross, Konrad; Hunter, Lynette (1 January 1996). Difference and Community: Canadian and European Cultural Perspectives. Rodopi. p. 48. ISBN 90-420-0050-3. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Summers, Claude J. (2004). The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, & Musical Theater. Cleis Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-57344-198-8. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Markowicz, Marcin (2019). ""A Troublesome Weed Which Spreads Like Wildfire": Fireweed: a feminist quarterly and the Politics of Diversity". Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne. 44 (2): 303. doi:10.7202/1070967ar.
- ^ Fireweed. OCLC 4677989.
External links
- Contributing Journals A-M - contact information according to McClelland & Stewart
- Review of the Canadian women poets issue by Nanci White "Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly, 23 (Summer 1986)" in Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, 8 (3), 1987.
- Fireweed archives are held at the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections.
- Fireweed: A Women’s Literary and Cultural Journal, Rise Up Feminist Digital Archive.