Speech Dries Here on the Tongue edited by Rasiqra Revulva, Amanda Shankland and Hollay Ghadery

CBC

08-04-2025

Speech Dries Here on the Tongue is an anthology of poetry by Canadian authors exploring the relationship between environmental collapse and mental health. This threat of environmental collapse has brought with it a sense of impending annihilation and has contributed to the current mental health crisis, made crueller by a global pandemic that highlighted our fragile nature. These are poems by writers who have used their words to both articulate and navigate this crisis, unpacking the complex interplay between mental and environmental health in order to alert, inform, and inspire readers.
(From Porcupine's Quill)
Speech Dries Here on the Tongue is available in April 2025.
Rasiqra Revulva is a disabled queer femme writer, editor, multimedia artist, musician and performer. Her previous works include the poetry chapbooks If You Forget the Whipped Cream, You're No Good As A Woman and Sailor, C'est l'heure. Her debut full-length poetry collection Cephalopography 2.0 was longlisted for the 2021 Laurel Prize.
Amanda Shankland is a Ottawa-based poetry and short story writer. She is a PhD candidate in the political science department at Carleton University, and holds a master's degree in public policy and administration as well as an honours bachelor's degree in arts and contemporary studies from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Hollay Ghadery is a writer and radio host from rural Ontario on Anishinaabe land. Her work has been featured in The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, The Antigonish Review and CBC Parents, among others. Ghadery's memoir Fuse won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award, and the title poem of her poetry collection Rebellion Box won The New Quarterly's Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Prize. Her short fiction collection Widow Fantasies was published in 2024, with her debut novel forthcoming in 2026 and her children's book in 2027.