The Clearing, Allison Adair’s debut poetry collection and winner of Milkweed Editions 2020 Max Rivto Poetry Prize, is a fiery, magnificent, urgent debut that reminds us of poetry’s ability to clarify perception, create awareness, and make space for us to connect with our authentic selves as we grapple with life’s chaos.
Read MoreIn the opening sentence of her debut novel, Kept Animals, Kate Milliken doesn’t meander through florid establishing shots: she lights a wildfire.
Read MoreA tale as old as time: I first came across Claire Hopple’s fiction in a slush pile. I remember my foot tapping on the carpet in my old apartment as I read her story, “Talisman,” about a woman following another woman.
Read MoreSue William Silverman’s latest book, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences, isn’t as grim as the title makes it seem. In fact, it’s sarcastic throughout and downright funny in many places.
Read MoreOver the last few years, I’ve encountered Timothy J. Hillegonds’ writing in such publications as Brevity, RHINO, and Baltimore Review, and I’ve always been impressed by his ability to tell personal stories with rich detail and a deep emotional impact.
Read MoreJune Sylvester Saraceno grew up in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, among storytelling aunties and preachers and all the conflicts that riddled the rural South.
Read MoreI first met Katie M. Flynn at the 2018 AWP conference in Tampa, when she was the Fiction Editor for Split Lip Magazine (she has since left the magazine to focus on her writing) and I was the newly enlisted Reviews/Interviews Editor.
Read MoreFrequent readers of Split Lip Magazine are likely already fans of Megan Giddings, whose 2018 flash fiction contribution, “A Husband Should Be Eaten and Not Heard,” earned the distinction of being included in the 2018 Best of the Net anthology.
Read MoreAt AWP ‘19 in Portland, I went to a reading at a Western-themed bar to see a friend read poetry. The lineup was long, as anyone who’s been to AWP offsites can attest.
Read MoreMary South’s writing has an attention to language, a dark, off-kilter humor, and an emotional urgency that makes her stories a great pleasure to read. Her debut collection of short fiction, You Will Never Be Forgotten, published this month by FSG Originals, centers on characters for whom technology is both an encumbrance and a means of potential fulfillment or escape.
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