The Fam Roundup: April 2020
Fun fact: the #SplitLipFAM published so much in April that it took up a 5-page Word document! Let’s celebrate our contributors and staff—and check out their work in our archives as well.
Books
Nate Marshall’s collection Finna is now available for pre-order
Rachel Mans McKenny’s debut novel The Butterfly Effect will be published by Alcove Press
Editorial Assistant D. Arthur, Amrita Chakraborty, and Darren C. Demaree will be published in Ghost City Press’ 2020 Summer Series
Venita Blackburn has signed a two-book deal with MCD/FSG
Publications, Interviews, and Reviews
torrin a. greathouse’s poem “Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination Before a Diagnosis Can Be Determined” appeared in Poetry
Their poem “Dead Name Elegy with Strap-On” also found a home in the latest print issue of Ploughshares
X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine published Tyler Barton’s story “To Teach”
Beth Gilstrap’s piece “Give a Straightened Ear” found a home in The Fourth River
Two pieces by Gilstrap and Jim Warner were also published in Miracle Monocle
Kim Magowan’s story “Fire in Snow” appeared in 580 Split
Her micro “Mauled” was also published in Matter Press’ Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
Two stories by Carolina Ixta Navarro-Gutiérrez were published in 580 Split
Hobart published Mike Nagel’s essay “Hangover Texas”
Hobart also published three baseball poems by Devin Kelly
Contributing editor Christopher Gonzalez’s story “Better than All That” appeared in Little Fiction
Meg Pokrass’ flash “Maternal” found a home in Milk Candy Review
Her story “Here One Comes” was published by People Holding…
Two poems by Ariel Francisco appeared in The Rumpus
Chloe N. Clark’s poem “John Wick and Baba Yaga Walk Into a Bar” was published by Trampset
Her poem “Think of John Wick, in the Club, about to Take More Revenge than Most Ever Get” was published by Drunk Monkeys
Flash reader Jules Archer’s story “A Small Moon Drowning” appeared in Atticus Review
Entropy interviewed her about her collection Little Feasts
Her poem “My Mother Tells Me” found a home in Yes Poetry
Former fiction editor Katie M. Flynn’s novel The Companions was reviewed in Chicago Review of Books
The Companions also made Literary Hub’s list of “Five Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Ease Your April Isolation”
An excerpt of The Companions appeared in Joyland Magazine
Katie was interviewed for FEAR NO LIT’s Release the Book series
She was also interviewed by Lightspeed Magazine
Poetry editor William Fargason’s “Ark” appeared in the latest print issue of Michigan Quarterly Review
K.C. Mead-Brewer’s story “The Embrace” was published by Largehearted Boy
Her story “A First Kiss” found a home in Trampset
Megan Giddings’ novel Lakewood was reviewed in Bitch
She was also interviewed by Southeast Review
Fiction reader Wei Ting Jen’s essay “Singapore Put My Safety Ahead of Ideology” appeared in Palladium
Olatunde Osinaike’s poem “I Want All the Smoke” was published by Tinderbox Poetry Journal
Darren C. Demaree’s poem “all the salt #24” was published by Cabildo Quarterly
Brandon Taylor stopped by NPR’s Short Wave podcast
InStyle published Amber Sparks’ essay “Of Course Gen X is doing Menopause Differently”
Amber was interviewed for FEAR NO LIT’s Release the Book series
She was also featured in a hybrid interview in CRAFT
Steve Edwards’ essay “In the Face of Implacable Landscapes, Natural and Viral” appeared in Literary Hub
Assistant flash editor Amy Stuber published a micro in The Temz Review’s COVID-19 anthology chapbook, the proceeds of which go to charity
Her piece “We Are Sunk Within Ourselves” appeared in Pidgeonholes
Empty Mirror published three poems by Zach Linge
Reviews/Interviews editor Clancy McGilligan was interviewed by Deborah Kalb
Joanna Valente was Drunk Monkeys’ April 2020 Writer of the Month
Amorak Huey’s poem “What We Knew About Rock & Roll in Ninth Grade” also found a home in the April issue of Drunk Monkeys
50-Word Stories published Sudha Balagopal’s micro “New Normal”
Recent flash contest judge Bryan Washington’s essay “Japanese Curry Bread, A Food Fit for Quarantine” appeared in The New Yorker
Helen McClory’s story “Slake” appeared in The Rupture
Former poetry editor Marianne Chan participated in Poets & Writers’ Writers Recommend series
Recent poetry contest judge Chen Chen’s poem “The School of Eternities” found a home in the latest print issue of Ploughshares
Tommy Dean’s story “Temporary Housing” was published by New World Writing
He and fiction editor Michele Finn Johnson participated in a roundtable discussion for Longleaf Review
His story “Swirling Mud Thicker than Smoke” found a home in Trampset
The Lindenwood Review published his story “Righteous, Dapper, Famous”
Memoir reader Karie Fugett’s essay “Stranded in Kenya and abandoned by my country. Again” was published by The Washington Post
Fiction reader Janelle Bassett’s story “Garden Throne” appeared in Porter House Review
Her story “Prove It” was published by American Literary Review
Flash reader JJ Peña published three micros in Wigleaf
Queen Mob’s Teahouse published two poems by Alina Stefanescu
Former reviews/interviews editor Kelly Flynn’s essay “Big Girls Like Us” appeared in The Lascaux Review
The Rumpus published W. Todd Kaneko’s poem “Bear Country”
John Shakespear read his story “We The Living” on The Stack podcast
The Oyez Review published two poems by Dorothy Chan
Dan Sanders’ story “Careful” was published by Okay Donkey
His story “Suet” also appeared in Coffin Bell
Lucie Britsch’s story “Murder Me Nicely” appeared in The Sun Magazine
Her forthcoming novel Sad Janet received a starred review from ALA’s Booklist
Howie Good’s piece “After Auschwitz” was published by X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine
Literary Hub published Julian K. Jarboe’s story “The Heavy Things”
Ellen Rhudy’s story “A Basic Skincare Routine for the End of the World” appeared in Monkeybicycle
Christopher James’ micro “The Hot Air Balloon” found a home in Matter Press’ Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
Cathy Ulrich’s story “Round and Round” was published by Miracle Monocle
Her story “Your Girlfriend as a Weapon of Mass Destruction” was also published by 100 Word Story
She and Chaya Bhuvaneswar participated in a roundtable discussion for Longleaf Review
Michelle Ross’ piece “Some Things Your Third Grader Needs to Know” found a home in jmww
Her story “A Girl Scout is Useful, Thrifty, Cheerful, Courteous, Clean in Thought, and Above All, Loyal” was also published by DIAGRAM
Kathy Fish’s story “Today When I Asked You About a Couple We Knew in Canberra” was published by Washington Square Review
Chelsea Hanna Cohen’s story “Crescendo” appeared in Bourbon Penn
Flash reader Megin Jiménez’s story “The Science of Silence” was published by Kenyon Review
Awards, Honors, and News
torrin a. greathouse won Milkweed Editions’ 2020 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry
Meg Pokrass has been selected for the 2020 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology for her story “Lobster”
K.C. Mead-Brewer’s story “The Hidden People” won CutBank’s 2020 Montana Prize in Fiction
Zakiya Cowan is a recipient of a 2020 Brooklyn Poets fellowship
Recent flash contest judge Bryan Washington’s collection Lot is going to be adapted into a television series
Tommy Dean won The Lascaux Review’s Short Fiction Prize
Tabitha Blankenbiller has a class on Skillshare about writing pop culture personal essays
Flash editor Maureen Langloss won Copper Nickel’s Editors’ Prize for Prose