The Lyre

International Spies

Chloe Lee-Sarenac — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

The Old Grey Box

Lucia Pistrin — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

A tale of a suicidal young woman and the events that unfolded in the years leading up to her hospitalization.

Closet Confessions

Joyce Song — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Last I Heard You Say

Finlay Wright — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Diane tries to cope with her grief by cherishing what remains of her beloved companion's odd hobby.

CONTENT WARNING: allusions to death, suicide

The Unimagined

Mila Babic — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

An exploration of the bounds of language and its effects on my cultural identity.

Interview with Jens Zimmermann

Michael Wu, Chloe Lee-Sarenac, Daniel Cheung, Isobel Sinclair, Ria Clores — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Dr. Jens Zimmermann is a German-Canadian philosopher and J.I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College. As the author of Hermeneutics: A Very Short Introduction, he held a lecture titled “Gadamer, Ricoeur and the Future of Philosophical Hermeneutics” at SFU. Hosted by the Department of World Languages and Literatures, the lecture focused on how we can use the art of hermeneutics to interpret literature and our identities of being human.

Interview with Jin-me Yoon

Isobel Sinclair, Daniel Cheung, Michael Wu, Chloe Lee-Sarenac, Ria Clores — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

The Lyre 15 interview with Canadian contemporary artist Jin-me Yoon.

The Continuity of Parks

Lyka McAllister-Borchert — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Through a story inside a story, fact and fiction collide. In the frame story, a man has just finished some "urgent business" in town and is returning to his home estate while reading a novel. Two lovers who gather in a lodge in the woods to destroy "that other body" are the subject of the novel he is reading, The Embedded Story. When one of the novel's protagonists, the embedded tale, inserts himself into the frame story's reality, the narrative's structure is disrupted.

I hate the weather in Taipei

Ellowyn Moore — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Translation of song by Ludy Lin.

Life rolls on

Michael Wu — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

The Moral of the Story

Michael Wu — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Pardon

Inès Chauveau — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

the healthy, stable love, always there, come rain or shine ;

the same people who would cry when I'm gone.

I hope you’ll forgive me, sometimes I forget about you.

Perdido en el tiempo y la tierra

Zainab Salam — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

This poem is written about the feeling of being unsure of where to go and who to be. Where a person is at the precipice of being their future self and they don't know who that is yet.

Glosa sin Cabeza

Esteban González Arteaga — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

You and I

Kiara Bhangu — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Sleepy Dahlia

Sara Corradi — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

"Sleepy Dahlia" follows the journey of acknowledging and accepting one’s identity as a whole. The speaker accepts damaged pieces of themselves as sites of growth and possible blooming. The poem challenges identity directly and exposes raw secrets, shedding light on the hidden. All is on the record to be heard, seen, and loved.

a winged victory

Paige Gant — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Kvitka on the Tongue

Evelina Groll — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

A poem about my mother - on the beauty of aging.

Dwindling

Kristy Kwok — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

What did you teach me?

Amy Ng — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Blank Eclipse

Amy Ng — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Countering All Odds

Bayantseva Pandher — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Flag for Review

Christopher Pastulovic — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

An experimental piece about internet censorship and personal privacy.

Paper

Himanshi Saili — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

a fragile canvas, but a canvas nonetheless

Thieves of Marrow

Isobel Sinclair — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

twelve suspended

Isobel Sinclair — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

the immortal memory of trees

Isobel Sinclair — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

sometimes i think you'd make the better Christian

Joyce Song — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

First Date

Adriana Zadravec — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

On My Way Out

Adriana Zadravec — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

After Hours

Stephen Nganga — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

This shoot came togethe last minute to show convey a someone letting loose and letting go after a long work day. Most of us can relate to that feeling!

Rough Edges

Daniel Cheung — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

GO OUTSIDE

Norah Gillen — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

The World

Daniel Cheung — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

05.08.18

Zoë Braithwaite — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

These three stills were selected from a series of 100 timer-based photos taken as I performed. The third image was after the performance concluded.

East Van Home

Evelina Groll — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

A documentation of a classic urban scene in East Vancouver.

Z Memoirs of Spring

Zeyna Al Gutani — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Just like waves, memories come and go in the sea of time and life.

Liminal Space

Daniel Cheung — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Finding my voice

Amy Ng — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Stop If Oncoming Traffic

Evelina Groll — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Bullet holes mangle a sign that reads "Stop If Oncoming Traffic."

bite

Phoenix Sage Hughes — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Angelfish

Felicia Chung — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Graduating Class

Evelina Groll — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Abstraction

Daniel Cheung — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700