The Fam Roundup: June and July 2020
We were on summer break during July, which means we have TWO WHOLE MONTHS of #SplitLipFAM greatness to catch up on! Check out all this incredible work from our contributors and staff.
Books
Milkweed Editions revealed the cover for torrin a. greathouse’s forthcoming collection Wound from the Mouth of a Wound
Leesa Cross-Smith’s forthcoming novel This Close to Okay is now available for pre-order
Contributing editor Tyrese Coleman’s book Spectacle is forthcoming from One World
Publications, Interviews, and Reviews
Recent flash contest judge Bryan Washington’s piece “You Miss It When It’s Gone” appeared in The New Yorker
His dispatch “The Viewing of George Floyd, in Houston” and an excerpt of his forthcoming novel also appeared in The New Yorker
Assistant poetry editor Rita Mookerjee’s poem “Rooh Afzah” was published in Baltimore Review
The Paris Review published Venita Blackburn’s essay “American Refugee”
Tommy Dean’s piece “The Maintenance of Well-Cared for Things” found a home in Pithead Chapel
His “Candy: A Teenage Gospel” appeared in The Lascaux Review
Emerge Literary Journal published his “Slipping”
“If Even the Angels” was published in Atticus Review
He interviewed assistant flash editor Eshani Surya on his blog
Amorak Huey’s piece “Self-Portrait Listening to the Oak Ridge Boys” appeared in Pithead Chapel
Stephanie C. Trott’s piece “Milk Teeth” also appeared in Pithead Chapel
Print issue editor Amy Stuber’s story “Dick Cheney Was Not My Father“ was published in The Common
Poetry reader Megan Neville’s “Our Lady of the Safe Word” found a home in Glass: A Journal of Poetry
Her poem “personal sonnet while hail accumulates, no. 6” also appeared in the latest print issue of Cream City Review
The Forge Literary Magazine published contributing editor Christopher Gonzalez’s story “I’m Not Hungry But I Could Eat”
His story “Packed White Spaces” also appeared in Bull: Men’s Fiction
K.C. Mead-Brewer’s story “When the Horse Came to the Open House” was published in Zooscape
Her micro “The Cat with the Face” also appeared in Tiny Molecules
Brandon Taylor was interviewed, appropriately, in Interview
His story “When Will We Get What We Deserve?” was published in The Literary Review
His story “Even If All Fall Away, I Will Not” was published in them
His essay “Going Quiet as the World Goes Loud: On Private Anxiety in a Very Public Pandemic” was published in Literary Hub
He and Raven Leilani were profiled in Esquire’s article “These Black Writers Are Telling the Essential Stories of Our Time”
Cathy Ulrich’s story “Birds We Had Become” found a home in Truffle
Her story “In All That Light” appeared in Empty House Press
Her story “Float and Disappear” appeared in Ligeia Magazine
Her story “Light from a Thousand Stars” appeared in Pine Hills Review
Her story “The Quiet Behind Her” appeared in Mineral Lit
Truffle also published Dylan Brie Ducey’s piece “Eighteen (More) Reasons to Dump Your Girlfriend”
Gale Acuff’s piece “Lord of the Fly” was also published by Truffle
Ashley Burnett’s story “The Fairytale Princess Gets Over a Break-Up” found a home in Jellyfish Review
Todd Dillard’s poems “Meet Cute” and “Which Is to Say” appeared in Hobart
His “Lunch” appeared in the latest print issue of Ruminate
Former flash contest judge Juan Martinez’s story “Trumbull” was published in Shenandoah
Shot Glass Journal published Michael Hammerle’s poem “Some Boots Are Hard to Put On”
His poem “Work Clothes” appeared in Clementine Unbound
His poem “No Time Was Sacred and We Didn’t Complain” appeared in Ghost City Press
Two of his poems were published in The Temz Review
Kenyon Review published assistant print issue editor JJ Peña’s piece “violence inside us”
His piece “it’s been seven hours since you went missing & threatened to kill yourself &” appeared in the latest print issue of Cream City Review
His poem “yo te sigo queriendo,” originally published in Hayden’s Ferry Review, was featured in Poetry Daily
His “this is how I want you to remember me” won second place in Exposition Review’s flash contest
He has work in the latest print issue of CutBank, along with flash editor Maureen Langloss and contributor Matt Greene
Interviews/Reviews editor Clancy McGilligan’s novella History of an Executioner was reviewed in Atticus Review
The Paris Review published Megan Giddings’ essay “Solace”
She was interviewed in Electric Literature
She was interviewed in Fractured Lit
She made an appearance on PEN America’s The PEN Pod podcast
Fiction reader Exodus Oktavia Brownlow’s work appeared in King Ludd’s Rag No. 1
Her story “Mr. Frogman” was published in Booth
Former poetry reader Michelle Lewis’ book Animul/Flame was reviewed in Kenyon Review
Beth Gilstrap’s story “When Twins, Castor and Pollux, Fall For You” found a home in New Flash Fiction Review
Two poems by Elena Ramirez-Gorski appeared in Electric Literature
Marcelle Heath’s story “Small Talk” appeared in Fractured Lit
Michelle Ross’ story “Swarming” was published in The Forge Literary Magazine
Hussain Ahmed has several translations in a recent issue of Waxwing
Lesley Wheeler’s essay “White Rice: Teaching in the Confederacy” also appeared in Waxwing
Waxwing also published Kathy Fish’s piece “Unfettered and Alive”
Kathy’s story “Muriel’s Cyclone” also appeared in Mom Egg Review
Sudha Balagopal’s story “Fomo” was published in (mac)ro(mic)
Her story “Peacock Feathers” appeared in Milk Candy Review
Her story “A Superior Education,” co-authored with Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, appeared in Trampset
Her story “Domestic Disturbance” appeared in Funny Pearls
matchbook published Tyler Barton’s flash “Land Art”
His piece “to home” appeared in Monkeybicycle
Lucie Britsch was interviewed in Dead Darlings
Dorothy Chan published three new poems in Diode
Joshua Jones’ story “What the Jesus Man’s Eyes Won’t See” was published in Necessary Fiction
Amy Silverberg’s story “The Duplex” was published in the latest print issue of The Paris Review
Former poetry editor Marianne Chan was interviewed in The Rumpus
Kate Gehan’s story “Maximum Thrill Level” appeared in Fictive Dream
Amber Sparks’ story “How to Share Your Home with a Ghost” was published in The Washingtonian
Grub Street published Josh Denslow’s story “Breakable”
Davon Loeb’s book The In-Betweens was reviewed in Glass: A Journal of Poetry
He was interviewed in Hippocampus Magazine
Laton Carter was work in the latest print issue of Indiana Review
Marvin Shackelford’s flash “Liminal Pastoral” appeared in Harpy Hybrid Review
Mary South was interviewed in The Rumpus
Jennifer Wortman’s poem “Better Living” was published in Glass: A Journal of Poetry
Her story “Moon Pillow” appeared in Fractured Lit
K-Ming Chang has two new stories in The Offing
She also has two new stories, “Extinction” and “Asymmetry,” in Jellyfish Review
Rejection Letters published Kara Vernor’s piece “Nobody Wants Your Fucking Couch”
Nate Marshall has three new poems in Kenyon Review
He also has three more new poems in The Offing
Sara Lippmann was interviewed in SmokeLong Quarterly
Meg Pokrass’ story “Love Street Blues” appeared in Fractured Lit
Melissa Ragsly was interviewed in PANK
Threa Almontaser has three new poems in The Rumpus
Jason B. Crawford’s collection Summertime Fine was reviewed in The Poetry Question
Buzzfeed published Marcos S. Gonsalez’s essay “The Art of Sitting on Men’s Faces”
Kim Magowan’s piece “Pratfalls” found a home in jmww
Her story “Distancing” appeared in Trampset
Her micro “Cancel Culture” appeared in Atlas and Alice
Chloe N. Clark’s book Collective Gravities was reviewed by NPR
Miles A.M. Collins-Sibley’s poem “observation: i’m starting to look like my dead cousin Mikey” appeared in Tinderbox Poetry Journal
Ryan Jones’ story “Someone to See You in the Dark” was published in Cosmonauts Avenue
Treasurer and flash reader Ruth LeFaive interviewed Billy-Ray Belcourt for The Rumpus
Former reader Nick Farriella’s piece “Analogia Entis” was published in New World Writing
Fractured Lit published contributing editor Kendra Fortmeyer’s story “Operating Instructions for Your Broken Heart”
Elisa Gabbert’s poem “Malice & the Unknown” appeared in Tupelo Quarterly
Jonathan Andrew Pérez’s piece “The Inheritance of Cultural Appropriation and the Scarlet Letter of Latinidad” found a home in PANK
Hobart published Meghan Phillips’ story “Emmy Vs. The Bellies”
Kaj Tanaka’s story “Watch My Contact” was also published by Hobart
W. Todd Kaneko’s poem “The Bread is the Blessing” appeared in Birdfeast
Esquire published Raven Leilani’s essay “When I Left My Faith, I Went to Comic Con”
An excerpt of her forthcoming novel Luster was published in Marie Claire
She was also profiled in The New York Times
Recent poetry contest judge Chen Chen published new work in The Cortland Review
Alina Stefanescu’s piece “Accident” appeared in Gasher
Awards, Honors, and News
Recent flash contest judge Bryan Washington’s collection Lot won the 2020 Lambda Award in Gay Fiction
He’s also joining the faculty at Rice University as the George Guion Williams Writer in Residence / Scholar in Residence for Racial Justice
Fiction reader Wei Ting Jen was a finalist for Mxlexia’s Novel Competition for her manuscript When You Turn Away
Brandon Taylor’s debut novel Real Life was longlisted for The Booker Prize
Brandon Taylor, Raven Leilani, K-Ming Chang and recent flash contest judge Bryan Washington have all been longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s 2020 First Novel Prize
Cathy Ulrich’s collection Ghosts of You was nominated for a Ladies of Horror Fiction award
Hussain Ahmed and Ariel Francisco were finalists for the 2020-21 Glass Chapbook Series
Memoir reader Sara Ryan’s book I Thought There Would Be More Wolves won the 2020 Permafrost Poetry Book Prize
Fiction reader Janelle Bassett and Alina Stefanescu were finalists for the Porter House Review 2019 Editor’s Prize
Tyler Barton was a finalist for Sarabande Books’ 2020 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction and his collection will be published in 2021
Kim Magowan’s manuscript How Far I’ve Come was a finalist for The Journal’s Non/Fiction Collection Prize
Tanya Grae’s collection Undoll has won Jacar Press’ 2019 Julie Suk Award
Diannely Antigua was a finalist for the same award
Poetry reader Troy Varvel was a runner-up for The Missouri Review’s 2020 Miller Audio Prize