‘Yellow Moon’: New Cover Art by Joyce Harumi Kamikura

Reach For the Moon

Step into a new season of reading, with Pulp Literature Issue 43, Summer 2024, featuring Yellow Moon, by cover artist Joyce Harumi Kamikura.

As Joyce tells us, her paintings represent the world as seen through her artistic eyes. Her ideas are fragments of what fascinate and intrigue her, and are roots from which the works begin to emerge. A habitation on the mountain by Deer Lake in Burnaby was just such an inspiration that whistled at Joyce, transforming what she saw into shapes, colours, and lines. It became an excuse for her to paint, exploring possibilities and permutations, removing a good deal from reality. To see more of her work, visit joycekamikura.ca.

Yellow Moon

Here’s all that you can look forward to in Issue 43, ON SALE now until July 15th:

In ‘Forest of Shadows’ feature author Matthew Hughes brings ancient gods to modern Italy. 

Women of all ages rise to adventure in ‘Grandma Had Guns’ by Finnian Burnett, ‘Yakety Hex’ by KT Wagner, ‘Managing a Difficult Situation with Grace’ by Leslie Wibberley, and ‘The Golden Mare’ by JM Landels

Megan W Shaw in ‘All but Pink’, Alan Sincic in ‘The Scientific Method’, and Jodi MacAulay in ‘Girl of My Dreams’ serve up varied ingredients for a life well lived. But time slips quickly by in the poetry of Casey Killingsworth, Jesse Keith Butler, and Laura Vogt.

Reptiles, birds, ghosts, and eggs take centre stage in ‘Down Alligator Alley’ by Bridget Boland, ‘Aria of the Birds’ by EJ Nash, ‘Take My Hand: Sleep With One Eye Open’ by Mel Anastasiou, and ‘Footnotes to Wonder’ by Mark Budman.

Meanwhile ‘Fasteners’, a graphic short by Michaela Chan, invites us to spread a towel out across the sand, open this issue to whatever page calls, and enjoy a great read.

Pick up your copy of Issue 43, Summer 2024, ON SALE until July 15th!

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Meet Joyce Harumi Kamikura

Born in Steveston, British Columbia, Joyce spent the first four years of her life in the internment camp at Lemon Creek. She then lived in Japan for nine years, after which she returned to Canada, lived in Montreal for two years, and eventually returned to Richmond, BC. After earning her Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration degree from the UBC, Joyce studied art at both Kwantlen and Langara colleges.

In 1993, Joyce had the honour of being recognized as a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS-U.S.A.), making her one of the first Canadians to receive this distinction. Additionally, in the same year, she achieved the prestigious title of Senior Signature Member (SFCA) with the Federation of Canadian Artists, being among the first women to attain this top-ranking position as awarded by her peers.