Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly of Writing, Politics, Art & Culture, was founded in Toronto, Canada, in 1978 by the Fireweed Collective. Collective members have included Gay Allison, Lynne Fernie, 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.
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.
- Fireweed, Rise Up Feminist Digital Archive.
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