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 focuses on a theme or topic, such as "Writing" (#10), "Fear & Violence" (#14), "Women of Colour" (#16), "Sex & Sexuality" (#37 & 38), and "Language" (#44/45), though there are frequent "open" issues.
The quarterly's ISSN is 0706-3857.[4]
See also
References
- Cynthia Sugars (2 November 2015). The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 850. ISBN 978-0-19-994187-2. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- Peter Easingwood; Konrad Gross; Lynette Hunter (1 January 1996). Difference and Community: Canadian and European Cultural Perspectives. Rodopi. p. 48. ISBN 90-420-0050-3. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- Claude J. Summers (2004). The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, & Musical Theater. Cleis Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-57344-198-8. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- Fireweed. OCLC 4677989. Retrieved 18 March 2017 – via WorldCat.
External links
- Contact info 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.
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