By Sage Birchwater
The Green Gazette

Shortly before Christmas, 2014, Van Andruss released the latest volume of his annual literary magazine, Lived Experience Number Fourteen, Stories and Poety from BC and Beyond.

When the journal had its beginnings in 2001, it was only 28 pages and contained the prose and poetry of 11 writers. Fourteen years later, LE14 has mushroomed to 156 pages, heralding the work of 25 writers.

The annual journal published in Yalakom Valley near Lillooet has come a long way since Van and his poet neighbour Jonathan “Swamp” Kerslake brought the first volume to print.

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Read the Lived Experience Essays:

In the Audience (2009)
On the Windowsill (2010)
Jellyfish Have Eyes! (2011)
My Mother, 1911-2012 (2012)
Africa (2013)
Roots Beneath the Surface (2014)

Download the Lived Experience Essays [PDF]:

A Poem
In the Audience
On the Windowsill
My Mother (1911-2012)
Africa
Roots Beneath the Surface
From Scientist to Novelist
Becoming a Scientist