The Excelsis Group supports copyright.

Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. We thank you for purchasing only an authorized copy of this magazine and for complying with copyright laws.

You may request written permission from the publisher if you would like to reproduce, scan, photocopy, or distribute any part of this issue, or a reproductive copying license can be obtained from Access Copyright.

Your support of writers and artists is what allows EXILE Quarterly to continue publishing our eclectic periodical for every reader.

Publisher – Michael Callaghan
Editor-in-chief – Barry Callaghan
Gabriela Campos, Administration and Accounts
Marilyn Di Florio, Secretary

Editorial Advisors:
Randall Perry: Fiction & LGBTQIA+2
Janet Somerville: Fiction & Nonfiction
Jerry Tutunjian – non-fiction
Richard Teleky – poetry
Richard Teleky: Poetry
Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo: French Translations
Stephen Urquhart: French Translations
Ray Ellenwood: Québécois Culture & Art
Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler: Indigenous
Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith: Indigenous
Mónica Lavín: Latin America
Paul Vangelisti: United States
Francesca Valente: Europe

Creative Director/Art Director – Michael Callaghan
Administration/Accounts/Subscriptions – Gabriela Campos
Editorial Administration – Nina Callaghan and Randall Perry
Typesetting/Layout/Design/Video services – Moons of Jupiter Studios

ISSN 0380-6596 / Published quarterly

Printed in Canada by Marquis

Submissions, editorial correspondence, competition submissions:
EXILE Quarterly, 170 Wellington Street West, PO Box 308
Mount Forest ON, N0G 2L0, Canada.
(We recycle all materials submitted)
All inquiries/general information: info@exileeditions.com, info@exilequarterly.com
Advertising in EXILE: info@exilequarterly.com
Telephone: 519 334 3634 (10:30am – 5:30pm EST)

Distribution:
Magazines Canada, 425 Adelaide Street West, Suite 700, Toronto, Canada M5V 3C1. 416-504-0274, info@magazinescanada.ca

The Excelsis Group (publisher of EXILE Quarterly) gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council–an agency of the Ontario Government, and The Excelsis Group.

The Excelsis Group Founding Patrons:
Gloria Vanderbilt
Nona Macdonald Heaslip
Gilles and Julia Ouellette (Ouellette Family Foundation)
Margaret Atwood
David Cronenberg
Mark and Andrea Daniels (Ignite the Spark Foundation)
David Lampe
Anne Michaels
Anna Porter
Charles Pachter
George Elliott Clarke
KOBO Canada
Peter Budd
Diane Keating
Linwood Barclay
Jack Diamond
David Staines

The Excelsis Group:
Patrick Gossage, Chairman
Vince Mancuso, Vice-chairman
Che Marville, Vice-chairwoman
George Bothwell, Deputy Chairman