Emily Strempler

"Enn Pchit Fee Michif: A Life and Legacy" by Nora Cummings, with Cheryl Troupe, is a down-to-earth memoir by a venerable Metis elder, activist, and politician that emphasizes the importance of community and collective striving for a better world. 📚💙 Full review at: www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

Brunch has so far featured a hungover server fighting for his life to the point where he no longer remembers most of the menu, my order, or how to write notes, and a constant stream of 70s disco music videos projected onto the wall in front of my table. Pleasantly surreal. 10/10. No notes. 🤣👍

Advance polls are open. If you're eligible to vote in Alberta and you haven't voted yet: go vote!

Hey locals! We'll have a table at this one. www.easternshorewriters.org/page-1075441

Out today: Li Isprii's first restaurant review! Jeremy Allard visited Bistro on Notre Dame in Winnipeg, owned by MMF member Dean Herkert, to check out the space and sample the Metis-foodway-inspired menu. #metis #indigenouscuisine Link: www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

The October edition of Metis Reads is here! Featuring work by Jen Ferguson (@jdotferg.bsky.social), Tyler Pennock (@pennockty.bsky.social), Natasha Donovan, and more. Jump in and find a few great books available for pre-order! #Metis 🌎📚💙 www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

A reminder to submit poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction for the special Maryland Writers section of our fall issue by September 30. All other categories--for writers from everywhere--are open through November 30. baltimorereview.org/submit

It's Lit Mag Week! We hope that you'll visit participating journals' sites, read the work they publish, show them some love—and maybe take advantage of some of the sweet deals they offer. litmagweek.com

Book haul 🎉 💙📚

Our first annual edition is here! Li Isprii 2026 features interviews, essays, articles, and reviews alongside all new graphics, illustrations, photographs, and fun bonus content. Check it out! Print: www.liisprii.ca/shop/p/li-is... Digital: www.liisprii.ca/shop/p/li-is...

A reminder to submit poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction for the special Maryland Writers section of our fall issue by September 30. All other categories--for writers from everywhere--are open through November 30. baltimorereview.org/submit

#currentlyreading "Enn Pchit Fee Michif: A Life and Legacy" by Nora Cummings and Cheryl Troupe 💙📚

We're in! We will have a table at the Baltimore Book Festival, Sept. 19-20. We also have a panel of readers at the Peabody Heights Stage on Sept. 19 at 11:00 a.m. Hope to see you there. baltimorebookfest.com

The September edition of Metis Reads is here! Featuring work by Samantha Erron Gibbon, Chelsea Vowel (@apihtawikosisan.bsky.social), Suzanne Morrissette, Michelle Porter, Nora Cummings, Cheryl Troupe, and many more. Jump in and find a few great books available for pre-order! #Metis 🌎📚💙

Pleased to announce that, for the fall 2026 issue, we are able to increase our payment for accepted work to $75.

To celebrate our local roots: In addition to work from writers anywhere in the world, we will include a special Maryland Writers section in our fall issue. Accepting submissions for this during September.

Our first annual print edition is now available for pre-order! Li Isprii 2026 features interviews, essays, articles, and reviews from Li Isprii’s first year, alongside all new graphics, illustrations, photographs, and fun bonus content. Check it out! www.liisprii.ca/shop/p/li-is...

Back to school. ❤️

Jeremy Allard will be representing Li Isprii with beadwork in CRAFTED's Living Lookbook on September 15th and a table for the magazine at CRAFTED's North of North Market on September 16th! Tickets on sale now! #CRAFTEDontheCatwalk #wagcrafted #crafted2026 www.wag.ca/events/signa...

Coming soon: Baltimore Review 2026 - the print compilation of all work published in the summer and fall 2025 and winter and spring 2026 online issues. Reading work online is great. Reading paper books is great. Nice to have options, right?

Join me on the 18th for a quiet exploration of mindfulness and grounding through descriptive writing! Open to writers and non-writers of all skill levels. All proceeds go to support the magazine! #writingcommunity #writing

Metis poetry haul 👌✨ Good reading, but also, workshop prep, stay tuned. Not pictured because I already own or have ordered copies of them: North End Love Songs, Whitemud Walking, Scars & Stars. And of course there are tons more out there that I couldn't grab on short notice. #poetry 💙📚✒️

Current submission period: Aug. 1 - Nov. 30. Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Take your time. Read the guidelines. Read some of the work on our site--issues going back about 14 years, available to read for free. Polish your work until it shines. baltimorereview.org

The August edition of Metis Reads is here! Featuring work by Chantal Kreviazuk, @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social, and more. Jump in and find a few great books available for pre-order! #Metis 🌎📚💙 www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

Heads up to Canadian writers, editors, and publishers. It seems the wait to register Canadian ISBNs has ballooned over the last few months from under a week to 2-3 months. You may need to plan further ahead than normal if you want to hit a specific release date. #writingcommunity #authors

Respected Métis elder Elmer Ghostkeeper's unique book, "Spirit Gifting," blends memoir, history, and anthropology. Reviewing the book for Li Isprii, Jeremy Allard discusses what it is, what it isn't, and why you should probably read it anyway. 💙📚🌎 #metis www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

Got my copy of @bdiehl.bsky.social's chapbook! And coffee. Recipe for a good afternoon. 👍

Our summer issue is live! Hope you enjoy the poems, fiction, and creative nonfiction in this issue. We open again for submissions on August 1. baltimorereview.org

Late to the game, but check out this wicked piece Jeremy from Li Isprii did on my mods!! 🥰🥰

In 1974, Louie Cameron and the Ojibwe Warriors Society occupied Anicinabe Park for 38 days. Shane Belcourt's new documentary "Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising" brings to light the occupation's forgotten history, in the words of Cameron himself. Full review at: www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

Congratulations to the following Baltimore Review contributors! Wigleaf Top 50 Andrea Figueroa-Irizarry Wigleaf Top 50 2026 Longlist Dana Brewer Harris Joanne Merriam Per Olvmyr And congratulations to all the amazing writers on this list! wigleaf.com

The nēhiyawēwin mods of @nehiyawrim.bsky.social turn games like Skyrim and Stardew Valley into learning tools without sacrificing fun. Jeremy Allard spoke with Metis developer Wyatt Schiefelbein about their work, and what his plans are for the project going forward. www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

While doing some reading for a long-term project, I happened across a citation pointing to a study from 1959. Digging into the document, I found a government report that was more case study in bias than scientific endeavour. Read the full story on my research blog: estrempler.com/blog/the-dan...

"I do not believe in blood memory or the cultural determinism of DNA, but I believe I am a descendant. I believe we are aftermath." - Unearthing by Kyo Maclear, pg.227 #currentlyreading 📚💙

Summer on the prairies is a season for music and dance. In that spirit, we’ve collected together eight Red River Metis artists — making fiddle, country, rock, roots, and a bit of opera — to get your toes tapping. www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202... #indigenousmusic #metis #metismusic

Tonight. I'll bring the cookies.

Congratulations to Hilal Isler on the publication of her debut short story collection! Her story "Scorpion" (included in the collection) was published in The Baltimore Review and selected for Best Small Fictions 2023. nupress.northwestern.edu/979889948052...

Our Submittable doors close at 11:59 p.m. today. Then we'll have a crazy amount of catching up to do before opening again on August 1. Summer plans: Getting the summer issue together. Assembling the annual print compilation. And we'll offer another free generative writing session on Zoom.

Not me, and the magazine I co-run (@li-isprii.bsky.social) is made entirely without the use of AI. We do all the writing, editing, graphic design, web development, and organization ourselves. We don't accept AI-assisted work. Quality over quantity, every single time. Rosenbaum is projecting.

Jeremy Allard reviews Red River Metis author Lareina Abbott’s (@boneblackstories.bsky.social) debut chapbook “Pchit - Little One/Emerse", featuring two unique short stories about returning to culture. #Metis 🌎📚💙 www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

In case you had us on your radar: May 31 is the last day of our current submission period for both contest and non-contest submissions. Then we close our Submittable doors until August 1. Right now, we're reading for our summer issue, which launches in mid-July. baltimorereview.org/spring_2026

#currentlyreading "Spirit Gifting" by Elmer Ghostkeeper, a Métis elder from Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement. The blurb and cover don't really match the book's contents, which are based on a Master's thesis. It handles shifting lifeways and the loss of traditional land use practices. 📚💙

Join us on May 26th for a casual stitching meetup, hosted by Jeremy Allard. Bring along a beadwork, craftwork, or fiber art project to work on. All events and meetups are free for members of the Li Isprii Patreon. $10 for non-members. Profits support the magazine. www.patreon.com/posts/157769...

#currentlyreading "Why Indigenous Literatures Matter" by Daniel Heath Justice and drinking some very good coffee 👌 📚💙

The May/June edition of Metis Reads is here! Featuring books by Blair Palmer Yoxall, Susan Cormier, Rita Jasper, Emily Grafton, and more. Jump in and find a few great books available for pre-order! #Metis 🌎📚💙 www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

Jeremy Allard reviews "Wild People Quiet" by @taragereaux.bsky.social, a thoughtful historical novel about passing, discrimination, community, and the healing power of beadwork. #Metis 📚💙 www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...

Our spring issue is live! Hope you enjoy the mix of poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction you'll find here. A huge thanks to everyone who made this issue possible. baltimorereview.org

Spent the week in the Waterton area (got to Crowsnest Pass, Pincher Creek, Fort McLeod, Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump). The weather was terrible but the hotel was lovely. We checked out some great shops, breweries and restaurants, and went for a few windswept hikes. Bought tons of books! Photo dump: