Sumac Literary Magazine

A Carleton University Publication

Issue 1: Embark

Embark cover illustration in black and white line drawing style. In the background we see Carleton University campus, looking at the Library and Dunton Tower, with the water in the bottom left corner. In the foreground is EMBARK in all-caps bubble letters. Inside the letters are select clippings of illustrations featured alongside the issue 1 pieces.

The Team

Letter From the Editors

BROADSIDES

Poetry

In a black and white outline style. A decorated table with various foods, plates, and utensils placed on top of it.

DIMA ZAID-KILANI

WHO AM I

In black and white, hand-drawn. A person stands with a saddened expression while a giant pencil stabs into their mid-section.

LI CONDE

TRYING TO MOLT WHEN YOUNG

In a black and white outline style. Multiple carrots dangling by dark string. Some, in the background, are light grey, overlapping the ones in the foreground.

REBECCA KEMPE

12/11/2020 – 2:31 (am)

In a black and white outline style. A rocket ship, satellite, and stars float above a planet.

ABIGAIL RABISHAW

ERRANT SATELLITES

In a black and white outline style. Two trees with flowing bark and short branches. In the background is a road, moose, rolling hills, and dark trees.

ABIGAIL RABISHAW

ROAD TO RESOURCES

In a black and white outline style. A boardwalk extends out to the horizon as the sun sets in the distance.

ALICIA FEIZO

MEET THE EDGE

A black cat with a stern expression.

DESSA BAYROCK

PABLO

In black and white. A stylistic illustration of rice plants.

MAIA CORSAME

TALES OFWILD RICE

In a black and white outline style. Three pigs in loose garbs stand among each other in front of a grey background.

SIMON TURNER

BABA YAGA’S BREAKFAST CEREAL

In a black and white outline style. An open fridge with a grocery list and small ABC and watermelon magnets. The grocery list reads: "Grocery List: Lettuce, snacks, potatoes ... sale: eggs." The fridge's interior is filled with various foods and containers.

DANIELLE PYBUS

DO WE EVER REALLY FORGET OUR PARENTS?

In a black and white outline style. A box containing several items. These items include: coupons, a to-do list, letters, postcards, papers and flowers.

DANIELLE PYBUS

GROCERY LIST

In black and white. A pen with red ink glides down a stylistic black and white frame.

JENNIFER GOODMAN

YOUR FAVOURITE RED PEN

In black and white. A ringed planet in space among stars and a crescent moon.

MAYA MELOCHE

WISTFUL SEASONS

In a black and white outline style. A hand holds a mug filled with coffee. Surrounding it are floating screws and nails.

NATHAN ERB

HOW FAR WE’VE COME

Prose

In a black and white outline style. A mounted mailbox with its slot open. Within, roughly half of a letter can be seen.

ANDREW RIDDLES

THE KING OF ITHACA

In a black and white outline style. An illustrated public transit bus driving down a street and past a bus stop.

MAYA MELOCHE

UNPUNCTUAL BUSES AND GROWING SIDEWAYS

In a black and white outline style. An illustrated deer walking through grass. On its antlers grows a forest with trees, mountains, birds, and a sun.

SEAN MUNCASTER

THE FEVER GROVE

In a black and white outline style. A cemetery with various headstones. The one in the center is tall and has a prominent cross shape. In the background is a fence, clouds, bats and a moon.

COLIN SOSTAR

AMONG THE STONES

In a black and white outline style. A figure, looking to the right, is surrounded by various cats.

OLU BABS

TUNNEL MARKET

In a black and white outline style. An illustrated chalkboard containing a drawing of a cow. Most of its parts are labelled, while others remain unlabeled. Also, "miss mandible" is written on the top left corner.

NATHAN ERB

US KIDS

In black and white. An illustrations of a Polaroid of an decorated apron with "'72'" written in the bottom right corner.

ROSEMARIE D’AMICO

FAMILY CHRONICLES: COLD WAR EUROPE ON $5 A DAY

In a black and white outline style. A ball of yarn surrounded by various pieces of loose yarn, many of which come together to make up the image of a man.

JACLYN LEGGE

YARN

In a black and white outline style. Two arms reaching out to each other. The arm on the bottom is that of an adult while the arm on the top is that of a baby's.

VICTOR VIGAS ALVAREZ

THE COMMON DENOMINATOR

In a black and white outline style. A short branch containing three raspberries on the bottom and several leaves on the top.

EMMA BIDER

TO MAKE A RASPBERRY

In a black and white outline style. A crescent moon among clouds and stars.

LINDSAY WYMARK

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CREDENCE CROW