I’m thrilled to have two new publications out this fall. First, I’ve had my essay “Flesh Made Burn: A Vasectomy Revenant” included in Best Canadian Essays 2024, published by Biblioasis and edited by Marcello Di Cintio. The essay is a reflection on family, procreation, masculinity, and voluntary self-sterilization. When this piece was first published in The New Quarterly, the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Pamela Mulloy told me it was the first vasectomy memoir she’d ever read. I’m grateful to have my essay selected by such an intelligent writer and included in such wonderful company. You can buy the collection from the publisher.

Secondly, my new story “The Business of Salvation” appears in Geist 124. The story is about dams, damnation, dislocation, the hypocrisies of academia, the salvationist strain in ecological thinking, and the curious work of living in the climate spasm. It’s my debut in Geist, a magazine I’ve long admired, and I’ve found myself in very good company alongside writers like Nick Thran, Jen Sookfong Lee, and Margaret Nowaczyk. I’m particularly excited about this story, as well, because I see it as the anchor story for a future collection. You can buy the issue online or on news stands at great shops like Book City and Atlantic News.