Brick, A Literary Journal

Brick, A Literary Journal Brick brings international voices to Canadian readers, and Canadian voices to the world, in the widest and most galvanizing exploration of the arts possible.

Brick is a biannual international journal of literary non-fiction based in Toronto, featuring essays, interviews, and insights from the world’s best-loved writers and fresh, emerging voices. It prizes the personal voice and publishes essays, interviews, memoirs, cultural commentaries, and belles lettres on everything from film to food, as well as the occasional story or poem. Both up-to-date and d

eeply engaged with what has come before, the magazine celebrates opinion, passion, revelation, and the occasional bad joke.

"There’s an aspect of writing that’s involuntary. Without thinking, we tell ourselves 'These are the books that came bef...
03/20/2025

"There’s an aspect of writing that’s involuntary. Without thinking, we tell ourselves 'These are the books that came before, the books that I might write like.'"

Dionne Brand speaks about her new book, Salvage: Readings from the Wreck.

https://brickmag.com/unseen-scripts-in-conversation-with-dionne-brand/
ID: On a grey background, a quote from David Chariandy's conversation with Dionne Brand.

"I couldn’t believe I’d written it! I feel as if I’m a reader too, only more hard-working than the rest."From the diarie...
03/17/2025

"I couldn’t believe I’d written it! I feel as if I’m a reader too, only more hard-working than the rest."

From the diaries of Helen Garner in Brick 107. Now unlocked!

https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/94322/page/156
ID: On a pale yellow background, a quote from "One Day I'll Remember This: Diaries 1987-1995"

"I am a reader before I am a daughter, she thinks, walking down a side street."Read Kayal Vizhi's "The Reader" from Bric...
03/10/2025

"I am a reader before I am a daughter, she thinks, walking down a side street."

Read Kayal Vizhi's "The Reader" from Brick 114.

https://brickmag.com/the-reader/
ID: On a pale beige background, a quote from Vizhi's story.

"I have never been to Spain. This is a sentence I write in my notebook after I come back from Spain."Joe Woodward digres...
03/05/2025

"I have never been to Spain. This is a sentence I write in my notebook after I come back from Spain."

Joe Woodward digresses on his way to Spain. Now unlocked from Brick 104.

https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/85364/page/143
ID: 1-On a pale blue background, a quote from Woodward's essay; 2-The cover of Brick 104

"Self-Portrait, 1864 Self-Portrait, 1896 Self-Portrait," a poem by Ken Babstock.https://brickmag.com/self-portrait/ID: O...
02/28/2025

"Self-Portrait, 1864 Self-Portrait, 1896 Self-Portrait," a poem by Ken Babstock.

https://brickmag.com/self-portrait/
ID: On a pale blue background, an excerpt from Babstock's poem.

"This is outrageous. Someone must intervene. Jump up! I’ll pay the man! My wife is speaking, heroic even in death."Leon ...
02/12/2025

"This is outrageous. Someone must intervene. Jump up! I’ll pay the man! My wife is speaking, heroic even in death."

Leon Rooke asks what happens next in Brick 90.

https://brickmag.com/what-happens-next/
ID: 1-On a pale orange background, a quote from Rooke's essay, 2-The cover of Brick 90.

"Vitti described her long relationship with Antonioni as a conversation, moving from the domestic to the artistic and ba...
02/07/2025

"Vitti described her long relationship with Antonioni as a conversation, moving from the domestic to the artistic and back again, which is the way she liked it."

Joanna Biggs rewatches Monica Vitti in Michelangelo Antonioni's " trilogia dell’incomunicabilità."

Read now in Literary Hub!

https://lithub.com/an-enigma-embodied-on-monica-vitti-italys-muse-of-incommunicability/
ID: On a beige background, a quote from Biggs's essay in Brick 114.

"Sometimes it feels as though I pay my therapist so that I can ask her, What does that even mean? over and over again. B...
02/05/2025

"Sometimes it feels as though I pay my therapist so that I can ask her, What does that even mean? over and over again. But when you email me after a year of not speaking, I feel it like an explosion in my chest and then realize, Oh, that’s what she meant."

Zoe Whittall on love, anxiety, and red flags. From her new poetry book, No Credit River. Now unlocked!

https://ocean.exacteditions.com/issues/116499/page/56?rc=bc5e919a-4618-41db-8715-5831a19b9c06
ID: On a purple background, a quote from Whittall's piece.

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Kanako Nishi and Allison Markin Powell join forces to read "My Ass." Listen to this work of fiction, in Japanese and English, to follow the journey of a woman who breaks up with a beloved asset.🍑 View more readings from fellow Brick 111 contributors at https://youtu.be/yYXtm8_lF3A?si=Sni3C_1p6P5ftMwf. 🍑 🍑 Video description: framed by a bright yellow border, a video of Nishi and Powell (who translated the work into English from the Japanese) reading "My Ass."

Cruise your cursor to Brick's new website and feast your eyes on our fresh digital digs! Peruse material you know and love, pieces you have yet to discover, and issues eager for a place on your bookshelf. Warning: This website was crafted with our cherished readers in mind. Therefore, side effects may include wanting to read on brickmag.com forever and ever, subscribing your Bricky heart out, or purchasing 10000 Brick pencils. 👾 👾 Video description: An easy-to-follow tour of Brick's new website.

Kaiama L. Glover tenderly reads René Depestre's "I Know a Word." This poem, along with two others by Depestre, is translated from the French by Glover and featured in our Summer issue. 🌺 View more readings from fellow Brick 111 contributors at https://youtu.be/yYXtm8_lF3A?si=Sni3C_1p6P5ftMwf. . . Video description: framed by a bright yellow border, a video of Kaiama L. Glover reading Depestre's poem plays.

Chris Bailey reads from his essay, "A Hard Year for Birds." Featured in Brick 111 🦜 . . Video description: framed by a bright yellow border, a video of Chris Bailey sitting in a chair reading from his Brick essay.

Kick start your autumn with new Brick merch! Celebrate 45 years of the magazine with our Brick limited-edition mug and with beans from our collaboration with local coffee purveyor Milky’s. Each Brick, A Bag of Coffee is filled with 300g of delicious medium roast coffee with tasting notes of Kinder Bueno / Nectarine / Juicy. Origin: Honduras. Brick's sturdy vessel and bag of coffee is a pair worth falling for but both items can also be purchased separately. Share your morning Brick coffee, afternoon tea, late-night whiskey, or anytime hydration with Brick, A Literary Journal at https://brickmag.com/product/brick-mug-coffee-bundle/. . . Video description: a flurry of shots featuring Brick's limited-edition mug and coffee under an orange autumn glow (overlay).

We are honoured and elated to receive the nomination for Best Magazine: Art, Literary, & Culture from the National Magazine Awards for Brick 107! Often referred to as our "mega-issue," Brick 107 features illustrations from Chris Ware and contributions from Eden Robinson, Helen Garner, Amitava Kumar, Forrest Gander, Lisa Bird-Wilson, Nathaniel Mackey, Jack Wang, Vinh Nguyen, and many more. We send our sincerest thanks to all our contributors. We'd also like to congratulate Vinh Nguyen on his nomination for "The Migrant Rain." The piece appeared in Brick 107 and is nominated in the Personal Journalism category! Visit the link in bio to read from Brick 107 including Nguyen's nominated piece, where he migrates through magical thinking, here: https://brickmag.com/product/brick-107/. . . Video description: Brick 107, with cover art by Chris Ware, is being flipped through while soaked in sunlight.

Missed the readings celebrating our winter issue? Or couldn't get enough? Well, your'e in luck! You can find all episodes on our Brick 108 Rolling Launch playlist featuring contributors Sheri Benning, Yusuf Saadi, Jake Kennedy, Jim Shepard, Andre Bagoo, Rawi Hage, David Bezmozgis, and Madeleine Thien. Bid adieu to winter blues by cozying up in front of the Tube and watch a reading or two, or three, or more, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sULqRhYDSfw&list=PLZu_zvUM9cEWfKj95K-NUAoZEjhDzJzqG. Video description: sqaure shaped clips of the contributors, except for Bezmozgis, reading from their rolling launch episode. Bezmozgis's absence is felt by the missing square in the centre (which is black as it is the background colour of the video). The individual clips frame the post. The cover of Brick 108 sits in the top right corner.

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN UNTIL THE END OF APRIL! Are you as excited as our publisher Laurie Graham? We'd love to hear from you, submit your work at brickmag.submittable.com/submit

Brickly Bear is hard at work on our upcoming issue! But if you're already feeling that Brick drought, you can quench your thirst with our Get Current Deal of our four most recent issues for only $20.00! Unfortunately, neither Brickly Bear, or shipping and handling is included.

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