The Fam Roundup: February 2023
What a fabulous month for our Split Lip Fam! Join us in celebrating what they’ve been up to:
Books
Janelle M. Williams’s novel Gone Like Yesterday was published Feb. 14 with Tiny Reparations Books
Cover Reveal: Farah Ali’s debut novel The River, The Town is forthcoming with Dzanc Books
Noley Reid’s book Origami Dogs was published on Feb. 26 with Autumn House
Former Poetry Editor William Fargason’s second book of poems Velvet will be published by Northwestern University Press in 2024
HAPPY PUB DAY (2/1) to Davon Loeb for his memoir The In-Betweens with WVU Press
Publications, Interviews, and Reviews
Vincent Anioke’s piece, “The Litany of Invisible Things,” was published in The Rumpus
Mandana Chaffa’s piece, “Knowing and Not Knowing in Italo Calvino’s The Written World and the Unwritten World,” Ploughshares
Abigail Oswald has a newsletter called “Microfascination,” about pop culture obsessions and internet research rabbit holes
Diane Gottlieb’s piece, “The Years, The Years,” was published in 100-Word Story
SG Huerta’s chapbook, Last Stop, was featured in Texas State’s newspaper University Star
Sudha Balagopal’s piece, “The Year of the Flood,” was published in Matter Press
Tommy Dean’s piece, “Delightfully Weird: Frozen Moments in Flash Fiction,” was published in Grist
CD Eskilson’s piece, “Shape Me as a Tree,” was published in The Mississippi Review
Eli Kourtis’s piece, “Two Stranger Things Poems,” was published in The Daily Drunk
Print Issue Contributor K. Iver’s piece, “Oh oh oh We’re on Fire,” was published in Honey Literary
Ra’Niqua Lee’s story “Mermaid Names” is featured in forthcoming Infinite Constellations anthology
Brianna Johnson’s piece, “A Plantation Wedding,” was published in Passages North
Lori Sambol Brody’s piece, “Berkeley Square,” was published in Fractured Lit
Contributors in Flash Fiction America
Print Issue Editor & Flash Editor Amy Stuber
Print Issue Contributor Amber Sparks
Volume 2 Flash Contest Judge Bryan Washington
Split Lip FAM in Issue 44 of Passages North:
Flash Reader Aureleo Sans
Fiction Editor Janelle Bassett
K.C. Mead-Brewer’s piece, “The Strangler’s Hotel,” was published in hex
Todd Dillard’s piece, “Fishing for Dark,” was published in Stone Circle Review
Jen Michalski’s piece, “Are You Gonna Go My Way? The Inclusiveness of Second Person,” was published in The Cincinnati Review
Former Poetry Editor William Fargason’s piece, “Five Failures,” was published in Lickety-Split
Memoir Editor Krys Malcolm Belc’s piece, “New Ways to Workshop: A Reading List to Inspire Literary Innovation,” was published in LitHub
Sara Ryan’s poems, “Flinch” and “Quadripoint,” were published in Flyway
Jen Michalski’s collection, The Company of Strangers, was reviewed in Baltimore magazine
Justin Jannise and Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach are in the newest issue of Pleiades
Ursula Villarreal-Moura was on an episode of the “I’m a Writer But” podcast from LitHub
Adele Elise Williams’s poems, “Gal,” “Say What,” and “Communion,” were published in Air/Light Magazine
Farah Ali’s work is featured in a forthcoming anthology, “Sad Happens: A Celebration of Tears”
Rachel León’s piece, “As a Writer, I Let Astrology Guide Me (Up to a Point),” was published in Catapult
Kate McIntyre’s piece, “Of Houseplants and Men,” was published in West Branch Magazine
Print Issue Contributor K. Iver’s piece, “A Psych Ward Is a Place,” was published in The Cortland Review
Poetry Editor Rita Mookerjee was featured in “Editors Talk Poetry Acceptances” from Frontier Poetry
Gabrielle Griffis’s piece, “There is No Nature in the Courthouse,” was published in Bending Genres
Elisa Gabbert’s piece, “As Wallace Stevens Once Put It: Hi!,” was published in The New York Times
Social Media and Marketing Director Jerilynn Aquino’s piece, “Asopao,” was published in BOOTH
Joshua Garcia’s piece, “When You Tell Me I Am Beautiful I Want to Believe It,” was published in The Southern Review
Awards, Honors, and News
Grace Dunbar-Miller’s February issue memoir “eat your feelings” was featured in Memoir Monday
Richard Mirabella’s novel Brother & Sister Enter the Forest and Brandon Taylor’s novel The Late Americans were featured in Harper’s Bazaar’s “The 24 Best New Books of 2023 (So Far)”
Aurielle Marie was a finalist for CGU’s Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Award
John Jodzio’s story “Ham” is a fiction finalist for The Mississippi Review 2023 prize
Flash Reader F.E. Choe’s “Raising Rabbits” won 1st Place in Fractured Literary’s Micro Fiction Prize
Christina Berke started a Substack called “Such a Pretty Face”
Memoir Editor Krys Malcolm Belc is teaching Writing Queer Memoir at Great Place Books
#SplitLipFAM nominated for Ellipsis Zine Best of 2022: https://www.ellipsiszine.com/best-of-2022/
Former Assistant Fiction Editor Exodus Oktavia Brownlow
Camille U. Adams has joined the flash fiction team at X-R-A-Y
Print Issue Contributor K. Iver’s “Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco” was featured in the New York Times’s newly published list
Print Issue Contributor Sara Lippmann and Chris Gonzalez are instructors for Writing Co-Lab
Taylor Byas’s poem “Love Poem Attempt 3/?” was featured on Poets.org’s Poem-a-Day
Jessamine Chan’s essay for Bon Appetit made their Most Popular Dessert Recipes of 2022
Gabrielle Griffis had music featured on the podcast Mr. Bear’s Violet Hour
Melissa Ragsly’s pilot The Former It Girl was selected as a semi-finalist in the Fade In Awards
Abigail Oswald is now a Marketing Director for Split/Lip Press
SLM Fam and Contributors in the 2023 Microfiction Anthology:
Fiction Editor Janelle Bassett
Flash Reader Aureleo Sans