The Fam Roundup: October 2022
We’re giving thanks for how incredibly accomplished our Split Lip Fam is! Check out what they' got up to last month.
Books
Joshua Garcia’s book, Pentimento, is forthcoming in 2024 with Black Lawrence Press
Happy Pub Day to Sara Lippmann for Lech out with Tortoise Books
Contributing Editor Michele Finn Johnson’s debut story collection Development Times Vary is forthcoming from Moon City Press and is available for pre-order
Brandon Tyler’s new novel, The Late Americans, is forthcoming with Riverhead Books
Publications, Interviews, and Reviews
Flash Editor Amy Stuber’s piece, “The Last Summer,” was published in The Missouri Review
Assistant Fiction Editor Analía Villagra’s translation of “Warm Beds” by Mónica Bustos was published in Samovar
CD Eskilson’s two poems were published in Beloit Poetry Journal
Steven Espada Dawson’s piece, “on safety,” was published in AGNI
Mandana Chaffa interviewed Ross Gay for Chicago Review of Books
Poetry Contest Judge Chen Chen was interviewed by Tryn Brown for Adroit
Former Poetry Editor Marianne Chan’s piece, “The Baby Refuses,” was published in Adroit
Kathryn McMahon’s piece, “WATER WITCHES,” was published in Waxwing
Memoir Editor Krys Malcolm Belc was interviewed by Sara Peterson
Shane McCrae has three poems in BOMB
CD Eskilson has two new translations of Edith Södergran in the Fall 2022 issue of Waxwing
Memoir Editor Krys Malcolm Belc was interviewed by Sara Fredman
Contributing Editor Becky Robison’s piece, “Ka, Ba, and Akh,” was published in Okay Donkey
Joshua Jones Lofflin’s piece, “House Haunters,” was published in Necessary Fiction
Sabrina Hicks’s piece, “Object Permanence,” was published in JMWW
Erin Dorney’s piece, “Dear Adriene,” was published in Autofocus Lit
Cathy Ulrich’s piece, “Being the Murdered Artist,” was published in Peatsmoke
Alejandro Varela’s piece, “The Disappearance of Guy,” was published in Catapult
Elisa Gabbert reviewed Jorie Graham’s “[To] The Last [Be] Human” for the New York Times
Jennifer Wortman, Kathy Fish, Deesha Philyaw, Amy Stuber, K-Ming Chang, Venita Blackburn, and more in Flash Fiction America: 73 Very Short Stories
Contributing Editor Becky Robison’s piece, “Hell of a Game,” was published in Necessary Fiction
Awards, Honors, and News
Managing Editor Wendy Oleson is on the Granum Prize Longlist
CD Eskilson was nominated for the Best of the Net by The Offing and New Delta Review
Social Media and Marketing Director Wendy Wallace’s story, “When the Uber Driver Asks,” was featured in Creative Nonfiction’s Sunday Short Reads
Aurielle Marie was listed in Out’s LGBTQ+ Literary and Publishing Stars
Allegra Hyde’s ELEUTHERIA was included in The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2022
Janelle Williams received the Lawrence Foundation Award for the best short story published in Prairie Schooner with her story “From the Closest Waffle House”
Davon Loeb’s essay, “Breakdancing Shaped Who I Am as a Black Man and Father,” in Catapult is a notable in the Best American Essays ’22 anthology
Alejandro Varela’s novel “The Town of Babylon” was included in Publisher Weekly’s Best Books of the Year
Managing Editor Wendy Oleson’s “Everywhere Tony Danza” was a finalist for the 2022 Tiny Fork Chapbook contest
Jennifer Wortman taught SmokeLong’s November webinar, “The Power of the Unsaid,” on November 13
Maria Poulatha was shortlisted for The Bridport Prize in flash fiction
Flash Editor Amy Stuber is a second place winner of the Craft fiction prize for GHOSTS
Former Assistant Fiction Editor Exodus Oktavia Brownlow is a Best of the Net nominee for her poem “If I Had It My Way, Burger King Would Be the One We’d Remember” in The Hellebore
Ellen Rhudy’s piece, “Escape Velocity,” is an Iron Horse Book Prize semi-finalist
Sabrina Hicks’s piece, “When We Knew How to Get Lost,” is the winner of the Cleaver Magazine flash contest
Alejandro Varela is a National Book Awards Finalist for The Town of Babylon
Taylor Yingshi’s art was featured as cover art for Volume II, Issue 10 of Pithead Chapel
Gina Chung has joined Kundiman as Programs Manager