Greetings! Welcome to the latest edition of ryga, where our newfound focus is the voice of emerging writers.
I would like to open with the acknowledgement that the land on which we are fortunate enough to have compiled, edited and designed the issue, is the unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples. You may be reading this issue in the Okanagan, somewhere else in British Columbia, in Canada, or the world. Wherever you are, please take a moment to reflect on the land you inhabit, and what it really means to you to be there.
In gathering the works included in this issue we reached out to the world via social media and other outlets. While we received many fine works from across the globe, it turned out we needn't have looked further than our own backyard.
This issue of ryga is a collection of works by some very talented young minds that currently live in or have lived in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada, thus formulating the theme of this issue: Voices of the Okanagan.
Within these virtual pages you’ll cross paths with mistresses and mothers and spiders; with Kurt Cobain and Che Guevara and a man named Mutton Chop. You’ll travel with wanderers through orchards, along highways, down small-town streets, and deep into the soul. One thing that is common throughout these pieces is a sense of home, and how even brief moments there can reverberate throughout our lives.
Thank you to Clare Thiessen and Emma Klingspohn, whose commitment to this issue was unwavering, to Corinna Chong for the opportunity to be part of such an eye-opening and fulfilling project, to the hundreds of writers who submitted their blood, sweat, and tears, and to our authors who chose ryga to be home to some of their very first published works. We’re thrilled to present your work here and thrilled to have you readers join us in the launch of this issue.
Best regards,
Nils Donnelly
Managing Editor, ryga
I would like to open with the acknowledgement that the land on which we are fortunate enough to have compiled, edited and designed the issue, is the unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples. You may be reading this issue in the Okanagan, somewhere else in British Columbia, in Canada, or the world. Wherever you are, please take a moment to reflect on the land you inhabit, and what it really means to you to be there.
In gathering the works included in this issue we reached out to the world via social media and other outlets. While we received many fine works from across the globe, it turned out we needn't have looked further than our own backyard.
This issue of ryga is a collection of works by some very talented young minds that currently live in or have lived in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada, thus formulating the theme of this issue: Voices of the Okanagan.
Within these virtual pages you’ll cross paths with mistresses and mothers and spiders; with Kurt Cobain and Che Guevara and a man named Mutton Chop. You’ll travel with wanderers through orchards, along highways, down small-town streets, and deep into the soul. One thing that is common throughout these pieces is a sense of home, and how even brief moments there can reverberate throughout our lives.
Thank you to Clare Thiessen and Emma Klingspohn, whose commitment to this issue was unwavering, to Corinna Chong for the opportunity to be part of such an eye-opening and fulfilling project, to the hundreds of writers who submitted their blood, sweat, and tears, and to our authors who chose ryga to be home to some of their very first published works. We’re thrilled to present your work here and thrilled to have you readers join us in the launch of this issue.
Best regards,
Nils Donnelly
Managing Editor, ryga
