April showered with us some amazing work by the Split Lip FAM. Check out what the FAM has been up to and don't forget to revisit our archives!
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Chelsea Biondolillo is a prose writer living just outside Portland, Oregon, and the author of two chapbooks, Ologies and #Lovesong. Her debut full-length collection, The Skinned Bird, comprises lyric, fragmented essays—full of geological, ornithological and photographic interventions, with landscapes, loss, and longing. It is available from KERNPUNKT Press or your favorite independent bookstore via IndieBound.
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If you’ve caught a glimpse of Split Lip Vol. 2, then you’ve seen the magic that is Rita Booh’s artwork. Rita is an artist living in Valencia, Spain, and we love her eye-catching colors and humorous and sharp feminist lens. She recently took some time to talk to us about the art featured in our print issue and her upcoming project.
Read MoreOur April issue is hot of the presses but we didn't forget about Now Playing! Here, a couple of our April contributors share what they've been enjoying lately.
Read MoreAt the height of our romance, high school boyfriend and I were religious about film, our sacred rituals involving late-night visits to Dunkin' Donuts and Criterion Collection DVDs. We held hands and worshipped at the P.T. Anderson altar. It was the first time I understood entertainment could be art.
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Clancy McGilligan recently joined Split Lip's editorial FAM as Reviews + Interviews Editor, and we are psyched to have him on board! His novella, History of an Executioner, recently won the Miami University Novella Prize, so give him a huge round of applause from wherever you are and learn more about him through the 19 Rounds.
Read MoreThe Split Lip FAM has been BUSY, as per usual! Enjoy recent publications, check out exciting news, and don't forget to revisit some great work in our archives.
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In 2015, I typed and mailed a letter to Joy Williams. I was coming out of a few non-writing years and the mindfuck of parenting young children when I started re-reading all of her books in some attempt to crack myself back open. Reading her work again—the bits of fabulism, the edges knocked up against and out, the moments of hilarity often positioned so close to cruelty or stark beauty in unexpected ways and places—helped me to remember what I loved about both reading and writing.
Read MoreWith this issue, featuring selections from our print issue, we are inviting you, strangers and friends, into our house. Take your shoes off, and don’t mind us standing awkwardly in the foyer. We have a story to tell. We want you to stay for dinner.
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While the regular calendar is already saying March, we haven't yet flipped over, and we're still reveling in "Corner," our February issue artwork from Danni Bellando. We love how alive her work feels and the way she constructs space. Danni recently spoke to us about her art and her process.
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We are so excited that John Carr Walker is one of our featured writers. If you haven't had a chance to read his beautiful memoir "Here & There" yet, we recommend putting it at the top of your to-be-read list! Here, John tells just one thing about the inspiration behind its form.
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