Fireweed (periodical) explained

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

• List of literary magazines

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.
• Fireweed, Rise Up Feminist Digital Archive.

Notes and References

1. Book: Cynthia Sugars. The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature. 4 May 2016. 2 November 2015. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-994187-2. 850.
2. Book: Peter Easingwood. Konrad Gross. Lynette Hunter. Difference and Community: Canadian and European Cultural Perspectives. 18 March 2017. 1 January 1996. Rodopi. 90-420-0050-3. 48.
3. Book: Claude J. Summers. The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, & Musical Theater. 4 May 2016. 2004. Cleis Press. 978-1-57344-198-8. 104.
4. Book: Fireweed. WorldCat. 4677989 . 18 March 2017.