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and Rhea Tregebov. Issues of ''Fireweed'' usually focuses on a theme or topic, such as "Writing" (#10), "Fear & Violence" (#14), "Women of Colour" (#16), "Sex & Sexuality" (#37 & 38), and "Language" (#44/45), though there are frequent "open" issues. The quarterly's ISSN is 0706-3857.

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