The Fam Roundup: September 2020
September was an EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE month for the #SplitLipFAM! Check out all this new work by our contributors and staff—and be sure to revisit their work in our archives, too.
Books
Sara Lippmann’s collection Jerks is forthcoming from Mason Jar Press in 2022
Zach VandeZande’s collection Lesser American Boys is forthcoming from Mason Jar Press in 2022
Donna Vorreyer’s book To Everything There Is is now available for pre-order from Sundress Publications
Jared Yates Sexton’s book American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People is now available
K-Ming Chang’s novel Bestiary is now available
Cortney Lamar Charleston’s collection Doppelgangbanger is now available for pre-order from Haymarket Books
Publications, Interviews, and Reviews
Ellen Rhudy’s story “Sway” found a home in Pithead Chapel
Erin Slaughter’s poem “Failed Animals” was published in PANK
PANK also published Davon Loeb’s piece “A Small Lesson on Loitering”
Tammy Heejae Lee’s story “Yok - I Swear” found a home in PANK as well
Tammy’s piece “No Tears for the Witch” was published in the recent print issue of Hayden’s Ferry Review
Sara Lippmann’s story “The Polish Girl” appeared in Squalorly
Sara also guest edited the recent issue of SmokeLong Quarterly
Former editorial assistant Anna Vangala Jones’ piece “Doors” was published in Hobart After Dark
Darren C. Demaree had two new poems published in Birdcoat Quarterly
Brandon Taylor’s novel Real Life was reviewed in The Telegraph
Real Life was also reviewed in The Irish Times, Bookforum, and Virginia Quarterly Review
Brandon reviewed Emma Cline’s Daddy for The New York Times
Zach Linge read their poem “Fingers on a Gay Man” for the Ours Poetica series
Recent flash contest judge Bryan Washington’s forthcoming novel Memorial made several autumn reading lists: People, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Time
Entertainment Weekly published an excerpt of Memorial
The Cincinnati Review published W. Todd Kaneko’s poem “White Hot Star”
Threadcount also published three micros of his
Lucie Britsch’s novel Sad Janet made autumn reading lists from The Huffington Post and iNews
Brett Stuckel’s story “Pacific Theater” appeared in Hobart
Pidgeonholes published Melissa Ragsly’s “Lessons from a Distance: Switching Up Your POV for Deeper Access”
Melissa was interviewed in Barrelhouse
Meg Pokrass’ story “Long Term Bet” appeared in The Daily Drunk
Assistant flash editor Eshani Surya’s “Thunder Cake for Joy Harjo” appeared in the University of Arizona Poetry Center’s Poetry Potluck series
Eshani also has a piece forthcoming in Catapult’s Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror
Contributing editor Tyrese Coleman interviewed Deesha Philyaw for Electric Literature
The Cut also published Tyrese’s piece “I Never Expected Justice for Breonna Taylor”
Dorothy Chan had several new poems published in DREGINALD
Dorothy’s essay “A Series of Hong Kong Commercials” appeared in AWST Press
Dorothy’s new magazine Honey Literary was profiled in VolumeOne
Kaj Tanaka was interviewed in Flash Monsters, where they also reran his piece “Piano Lessons”
Kaj’s story “Cathedral” appeared in the inaugural issue of Trash Magazine
Former poetry editor Marianne Chan read her poem “Some Words of the Aforesaid Heathen Peoples” for the Ours Poetica series
Kim Magowan and Michelle Ross’ story “Rule of Thumb” appeared in the latest print issue of Notre Dame Review
Cleaver Magazine published Kim’s story “GARE DU NORD, 1988”
Kim’s micro series “Three Sprigs” found a home in Fractured Lit
100 Word Story published Kim’s piece “Asparagus Pee”
Michelle’s story “Cake or Pie” appeared in Wigleaf
Memoir editor Krys Malcolm Belc interviewed Mary South for The Adroit Journal
Memoir reader Sara Ryan had work published in the latest print issue of Kenyon Review
Longreads published Devin Kelly’s essay “Out There: On Not Finishing”
Elisa Gabbert was interviewed in Electric Literature
Steve Edwards’ piece “The Last Cricket” found a home in Orion Magazine
Steve’s piece “The Wanting” appeared in Medium
Cease, Cows published Tyler Barton’s piece “to distill”
Tyler also interviewed Lara Mimosa Montes for TriQuarterly
Pidgeonholes published Robert James Russell’s “Lessons from a Distance: The Sky is a Story”
K-Ming Chang’s story “American Movie” found a home in Okay Donkey
K-Ming’s piece “Ghost Bride” appeared in The Margins
SmokeLong Quarterly published K-Ming’s story “Vengeance”
DREGINALD published K-Ming’s story “Mandarin Speakers”
K-Ming’s new novel Bestiary was reviewed in Slant Magazine, and on NPR by contributor Ilana Masad
K-Ming was interviewed in The Rumpus and appeared on an episode of PENAmerica’s The PEN Pod podcast
Recent poetry contest judge Chen Chen’s first fiction piece “Summer” appeared in The Margins
Former managing editor Amy Rossi’s story “Pamela Linda Gretchen Stevie Patti Kim” found a home in Hobart
Hobart After Dark published Meghan Phillips’ poem “My Dad Calls a Radio Station in 1975”
Marcos Gonsalez’s essay “Paris Doesn’t Always Have to Be Burning” was published in Public Books
Poetry editor William Fargason’s piece “Hollywood” was published in Brevity
Sarah Fawn Montgomery guest edited the recent “Experiences of Disability” issue of Brevity
Lily Poetry Review published Cathy Ulrich’s piece “Where the World Used to Be”
Lammergeier published three micros by Cathy and an interview
Cathy’s story “Your Girlfriend as the American Dream” appeared in (mac)ro(mic)
Kara Vernor’s story “One White Deer” found a home in Gulf Coast
Kara’s piece “Manhandlers” appeared in the inaugural issue of Trash Magazine
Vol. 1 Brooklyn published David Byron Queen‘s story “The Sunburned Cowboy”
Poetry reader Troy Varvel’s poem “Spring in Stop Motion” appeared in The Shore
John Miguel Shakespear’s story “Sleepers” was published in SmokeLong Quarterly
SmokeLong Quarterly also published Sudha Balagopal’s story “Quail with a Topknot”
Sudha’s story “Ian in Glasgow” appeared in Brilliant Flash Fiction
Sabrina Hicks’ story “Buying Raindrops” found a home in Atlas and Alice
Milk Candy Review published Sabrina’s piece “My Drugstore Queen” and an interview
Howie Good’s piece “What makes the dark so dark” appeared in Tiny Molecules
Tiny Molecules also published Erin Calabria’s piece “Long Past Their Darkness”
Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach had two poems published in PANK’s Jewish Diaspora Folio
Contributing editor Kendra Fortmeyer’s story “The Eastbound Talmudic Rabbinate” also appeared in PANK’s Jewish Diaspora Folio
Lauren Dostal’s poem “I Keep Thinking About Jesus” was published in Hobart After Dark
Venita Blackburn is guest editing the next issue of SmokeLong Quarterly, where she was recently interviewed
Diannely Antigua’s poem “Anniversary” was featured in the Academy of American Poets’ #PoemADay series
Flash reader Jules Archer’s piece “Johnson County” was published in Emerge Literary Journal
Kristin Garth’s poem “The Drowning Season” appeared in Punk Noir Magazine
Awards, Honors, and News
Meg Pokrass and Helen McClory made TSS Publishing’s Best British & Irish Flash Fiction 2019-20 list
Brandon Taylor’s novel Real Life was shortlisted for The Booker Prize
Zach Linge, Threa Almontaser, torrin a. greathouse and poetry reader Troy Varvel were all finalists for the 2020 Best New Poets anthology
Recent flash contest judge Bryan Washington won the New York Public Library’s 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award
Former poetry editor Marianne Chan and contributor K-Ming Chang were featured on Books Are Magic’s list of “New and Upcoming Books from Asian and Asian American Writers” via Bookshop.org
Raven Leilani’s novel Luster was a finalist for The Kirkus Prize
K-Ming Chang and Raven Leilani have been named National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honorees for 2020
Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint is judging New Delta Review’s 2020 Ryan R. Gibbs Flash Fiction Contest
Poetry reader Megan Neville’s manuscript Our Lady of the Fallow was a semifinalist for the Akron Poetry Prize
Fiction reader Wei Ting Jen and her novel When You Turn Away are now represented by literary agent Meredith Kaffel Simonoff