Here in Canada, I have found that if I wanted to vote emotionally, it would be the NDP. If only rationally: Green Party. I would not vote Conservative in either case.
In fact, I have almost always voted Liberalâthe best emotional-rational compromise I can make.
Or maybe I just like red? đ
www.facebook.com/share/p/17TN... It's POETRY month!
Not a lotta people know this, but He was pumpkin spice.
Another on
the way
@bsky.app Painter-author-poet-editor Judith Lawrence: âA unique writerâs voice⌠the pure untarnished colloquial rawness in the reading. Having something to say⌠to be startled, drawn into the story, even if itâs in the stillness, or the lines between the lines of the work.â bit.ly/JudithLinter...
Hear "Me and Rae Rae" here, www.facebook.com/share/r/1BJZ...
and see it online: masticadorescanada.wordpress.com/.../me-and-r...
Candied orange galette ala Jaques Pepin, superstar!
QR code for link to the short story "The Feeling of Running" by Mitchell Toews.
A link from London lit hotspot Fiction on the Web. #mjtpubs
The last 16 editors to accept prose/poetry from me reside in: Vancouver, Nebraska, Toronto, London (UK), Vancouver, Wisconsin, New York State/North Carolina, London/Oregon, Tehran, Kansas, Northampton (UK), South Carolina (via Texoma), Thunder Bay.
Thank you, it means the world to me.
www.facebook.com/share/18bZox... Get your red devils out...
There should be a Norwich Elm Hill WiR... annual pilgrimages to the holy site...keyboard tattoos...a smarmy tour guide to explain the leading theories!
I made a Pi...Tarte normande. Walnuts instead of almonds. Raspberry glaze instead of apricot. Vanilla ice cream. Czech lager.
@bsky.app The Corpus Callosum 3.1: Dreams & Nightmares launched at AWP in Baltimore. Order it at Bookstore | Corpus Callosum Press.
This beauty contains my poem Limitless June Mornings.
So, yeah... (pauses to sip his brandy & coke,) I launched a poem at AWP.
youtu.be/wFuB-2WkEX0?...
A lit mag I love has rejected so many consecutive submissions that I'm in danger of getting red-cheeked. Can't have that, so I'm sending sourdough recipes, bowling scores, a CRA audit from '87... stuff they HAVE to reject. See? Eh? So when I start sending stories again, hoo-babbee!
Hey, Toews... what's with all the TIRE-PUMPING on www.facebook.com/mitch.toews/?
To recognize the judges/editors who considered my submissions & shine a light on their publications/prizes. To support other artists who appear in that periodical or longlist, etc.
So, bragging?
Pretty much.
Readings at Cafe Duello in Vancouver! www.facebook.com/share/1AaC8j...
The print version hits the street in a couple of weeks; hence the blurry verse in the image. Digital is available now. Thanks to Managing Editor Eric R. Tucker.
CHEERS! To the Manitoba Writers' Guild and the poetry critique circle. This poemâworkshopped and encouraged by MWG poetsâended up getting published in a wonderful Nebraska/The World place for poetry: The Corpus Callosum 3.1: Dreams & Nightmares #ManitobaWriters'Guild #TheCorpusCallosum
An image of an exotic person and a list of contributors' hometowns is on the cover page for the April 25, 2026 issue of Sky Island Journal.
On the map... www.instagram.com/p/DUtU-idDwl...
Windsurfed on Jessica Lake yesterday. Whoosh.
Website Home page for Sky Island Journal, a lit mag with X-ray vision.
The hard get. Coming April 25, 2026, my story Turquoise Heaven: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Ap6...
Can't wait!
âBike Killerâ Translator-Curator Sam Kandej in Conversation with Contributor Mitchell Toews
Sam Kandej of Iran asks English language author Mitchell Toews of Canada SIX QUESTIONS about writing. Mitch is the author of Pinching Zwieback (At Bay Press, 2023). He has a novel (also with Winnipeg's AtâŚ
Iranian Author, Translator, Curator Sam Kandej
Writer friend Sam Kandej has a "top five" story on the venerable site, Fiction on the Web. Here is his BIO: Hello! My name is Maysam Najafi Kandej, but I prefer to be called Sam Kandej in English. I was born on October 6th, 1988, in Tehran, while myâŚ
@bsky.app "The toboggan hit a ramp. Everything was still, and I flew through the air in perfect, splendid silence with no thought of landing. Ever." Getting a flash fiction in Sky Island Journal: mitchtoewsauthor.com/literary-per...
Itâs like a shy kid on Halloween, transformed. Or the quiet nurd who puts on goalie gear and turns into the Effin Hulk at beer league game. Strap on the tactical couture, pull on the mask, and darkness rules.
