Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly of Writing, Politics, Art & Culture, was founded in Toronto, Canada, in 1978 by the Fireweed Collective. Collective members have included Gay Allison, Lynne Fernie, Hilda Kirkwood, Liz Brady, Elizabeth Ruth, Makeda Silvera, Carolyn Smart and Rhea Tregebov. Issues of Fireweed usually focus on a theme or topic, such as "Writing" (#10), "Fear & Violence" (#14), "Women of Colour" (#16), "Canadian Women Poets" (#23), "Class" (#25 & 26), "Sex & Sexuality" (#37 & 38), and "Language" (#44/45), though there are frequent "open" issues.
The quarterly's ISSN is 0706-3857.
See also List of literary magazines
References
External links Contributing Journals A-M - contact information according to McClelland & Stewart Review of the Canadian women poets issue by Nanci White "Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly, 23 (Summer 1986)" in Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, 8 (3), 1987. Fireweed archives are held at the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections. Fireweed: A Women’s Literary and Cultural Journal, Rise Up Feminist Digital Archive.