Traces Journal
Maya Venters, Bret van den Brink, Traces Journal, Liv Ross, Burl Horniachek, D.S. Martin, Albert F MoritzTraces Journal is a Canadian journal dedicated to promoting arts and letters engaging with the Christian tradition. We publish poetry and prose that seek traces of the divine in our midst.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 48 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 16 days ago |
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Issue 4, Week 4
Dear Traces community,
The final batch of Issue 4 has arrived! This week, for our special feature, we’re sharing an interview with A.F. Moritz, as well as a review of his recent poetry collection The Wren.
New Poetry
We’re also ple...
The Outcast and The Central: A Conversation with A.F. Moritz
A. F. Moritz has written more than twenty books of poetry, most recently, The Wren (2026), Great Silent Ballad (2024), As Far As You Know (2020), and The Sparrow (2018). Moritz served as the sixth Poet Laureate of Toronto from March 2019 to...
Book Review: “The Wren” by A.F. Moritz
The Wren by A.F. Moritz (House of Anansi Press, 2026)
Reviewed by Liv Ross
The Wren, A.F. Moritz’s latest collection from House of Anansi Press, is a challenging book of poetry, ready to reward the attentive reader. Attentivene...
Issue 4, Week 3
Dear Traces community,
Week three of Issue 4 is here! This week, we have two book reviews to share, the latest dispatch of The Order of Love, ’s newest essay on Christian Canadian poets, and lots of fresh poems.
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Lost Vision, Stammering Prayer: The Poetry of Marjorie Pickthall
This is the second essay in a new series on Canadian Christian poets, by Burl Horniachek.
Marjorie Pickthall. Image courtesy of Victoria University Archives (Toronto, Ont.)
Marjorie Pickthall was the last of the Victorian poets. Vi...
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Canadian poet and painter living in Central America. Author of “Life Cycle of a Mayfly” (Vallum). EIC of Traces Journal.
PhD Student in English, University of Toronto | Co-host, Mandatory Media Podcast | Contributing Editor, Traces Journal
Traces Journal is a literary journal exploring faith and the arts in Canada. We publish poetry and non-fiction that seek traces of the divine in our midst.
Urban monk and poet, living and writing in the Midwest. Useless but whimsical.
Burl Horniachek is a Canadian poet, translator and editor of To Heaven's Rim, a major anthology of world Christian poetry. He currently lives near Winnipeg with his wife and two kids.
D.S. Martin is Poet-in-Residence at McMaster Divinity College, and Series Editor for the Poiema Poetry Series from Cascade Books. His new collection The Role of the Moon has just appeared from Paraclete Press.
A. F. Moritz's forthcoming books, both scheduled for spring 2026, are The Wren poetry, and Eternities (Fayetteville NY: The Bitter Oleander Press), a translation of Juan Ramon Jimenez's great 1918 book of poems, Eternidades.
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