The Capilano Review is pleased to invite you to the launch of our Spring 2026 issue!
love bends / the mover: The Roy Miki Issue brings together new and commissioned work by over 20 contributors to reflect on the enduring legacy of beloved poet, teacher, and organizer Roy Miki (1942-2024).
Please join us on Friday, July 17th at 7pm at The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum (SFU Burnaby Mountain campus) to celebrate the issue’s release. The evening will feature a casual reception followed by an open-floor reading of Roy’s poems, specially selected for the occasion by The Capilano Review’s editors.
This event is free and all are welcome. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
Following the reception, guests are encouraged to visit the free Starry Nights program at the neighbouring Trottier Observatory on Burnaby Mountain for stargazing. (*Note that this program is weather dependent—learn more and follow the latest weather updates here.)
Thank you to our friends at the Gibson Art Museum for their generous support of this program.
Getting There
Directions for getting to the Gibson Art Museum (Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby) can be found here.
Accessibility
The Gibson is wheelchair accessible with accessible gender-neutral washroom facilities. Please get in touch with us in advance if you have specific access needs and we will be happy to assist you: contact@thecapilanoreview.com.
About the Issue
love bends / the mover: The Roy Miki Issue celebrates the work and legacy of Roy Miki. The texts and artworks in this issue come together within and across many of Miki’s varied communities — artistic, activist, academic, and Asian Canadian among all of these — considering subjects like asiancy, archives, and, crucially, Miki’s imperative to action. Among all the principles in his astonishingly varied praxis, many contributors take up pedagogy and its broader relational epistemologies in continuing to learn from and with Roy Miki.
Featuring contributions by:
Michael Barnholden / Larissa Lai / Nicole Markotić / Fred Wah / Cindy Mochizuki / Sena Cleave / Tiziana La Melia / Echo Quan / Carolyn Nakagawa / Yoriko Gillard / Gloriah Amondi / Ranbir K Banwait / Wayde Compton / Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi / Daphne Marlatt / Vivek Sharma / Yilin Wang / Rita Wong / shō yamayushiku
