A Reader’s Rapture: A Review of Maurya Simon’s The Raindrop’s Gospel, by Nicelle Davis

Highly adorned Christian churches are always good for renewing my guilt over sex. As scripture is read, my attention is stolen by depictions of half-clothed deities. The arrow protruding from St. Sebastian’s groin makes me blush; Jesus at the crucifixion … Continue reading →

It’s Friday! Let’s Give Some Books Away

It’s Friday! We have some books and other curiosities to give away but first, watch this, love this, then come back. Soldiers! They’re just like us–very bored! PLEASE READ: If you want a book, just say what you want in … Continue reading →

Many Fine Words to Read By

PANK favorite xTx has some fine, angry words at Camroc Press Review. You can also listen to xTx read her work in the Orange Alert Podcast. Here’s something weird. I wanted to fast forward to her story so when I … Continue reading →

On Michelle Reale’s Natural Habitat

When I was a child, my family moved around a lot, following my father to whatever engineering project he was tackling next. It was hard to feel at home anywhere so it was my family that comprised my understanding of … Continue reading →

We Rank Things Too

The Faster Times released a really interesting, useful set of magazine rankings this week and we were pretty pleased to be on the list, so I thought we would share our own magazine rankings, arrived at very scientifically. Ultra Tier … Continue reading →

Wolf Parts Has Teeth, The Better to Eat You With

There is an unexpected intensity to the writing in Wolf Parts–a graphic, visceral quality that immerses you in a world where seemingly incompatible realities coincide. While I have come to expect solid writing from Matt Bell, I felt he was … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Mindy Hung

Mindy Hung’s The View From Below appears in the April issue and she talks with us about archetypes, dream jobs, and the burdens of a bad haircut. 1. What would you kill to start fresh in your life? Killing my … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Jennifer Pashley

Enjoy Jennifer Pashley’s Magic in the March issue of PANK and then listen in as we talk about bad pick up lines, magical powers and so much more. How would the tone of “Magic” change if the story was written … Continue reading →

Review: We’re Getting On by James Kaelan

Flatmancrooked is gaining quite the reputation for innovative book marketing. Last year they launched Emma Straub’s novella, Fly-Over State, by asking people to buy a “share” in the project, which includes a signed first-edition copy of the novella. This year … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Leah Bailly

Leah Bailly’s Stampede Queen is featured in the April issue and today she talks with us about capers, Calgary exports and much more. 1. What caper would you pull off in an attempt to get a lot of money? I’d … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Nik De Dominic

Nik De Dominic’s “On” poems join other fine work in the April issue and today, he talks with us about meta commentary, scandal and the New Orleans influence. 1. How long did you wait in your relationship to write love … Continue reading →

It’s Friday. Let’s Give Some Books Away.

I feel like spreading some literary love. Claim what you want in the comments (1 item per caller) then e-mail your mailing address to roxane at pankmagazine dot com. Books will go out Monday. If you have thoughts on what … Continue reading →

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Ask the Author: Julie Babcock

Julie Babcock’s poetry graces the April issue of PANK and she talks with us about grandmothers, Carmen Sandiego during her golden years and the mother of all songs. 1. What would the dodo advise a grandmother? Would it be about … Continue reading →

Words Are Springing! They Have Sprung!

If you’re looking for some wonderful writing from across the pond, our Reviews Editor, Kirsty Logan has  poems in some UK magazines: poetry and illustration magazine Popshot and arts/fashion/literature magazine .Cent, and also online at Referential. At Luna Park Review, … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: ZZ Boone

1. What would you like to see on a cake presented to you when it’s not your birthday? Anything other than “Get Well Soon.” 2. How much of a difference would it make if you switched “Mom” for “Dad” as … Continue reading →

Let’s Make the Case for Blog Posts as Literature

From the Editors of Creative Nonfiction: Recently, the NY Times’ Paper Cuts blog ran an interesting piece about  whether or not a blog could rise to the level of literature  (http://tiny.cc/thr48). Their answer, ultimately, was no, but the  editors at … Continue reading →

A Review in Comics by Nicelle Davis: Adam Gallari’s We Are Never As Beautiful as We Are Now

Ask the Editor + Publisher + Rockstar: Jen Woods

At AWP ’10, Matt and I sat on a panel about little magazines with Jen Woods, co-founder and president of Typecast Publishing and editor of The Lumberyard and we thought she was pretty awesome and she took some time from … Continue reading →

DOGZPANK ’10: We Got it ALL on Tape

Now that we’ve recovered from AWP, we can talk about DOGZPANK, the epic joint reading between DOGZPLOT and PANK, held on Thursday, April 8 at Forest Room 5. Minus realizing we needed to rent a PA system the day of … Continue reading →

Hello lovely winners…

Last week we held a silly little six-word story contest so people could benefit from the large stash of AWP magazines we hauled home. The following folks won: Dan Burt “” Flynn”â„¢s severed head tells me things. Xtx “” “Truth.” … Continue reading →

An Ampersand Megareview by Megan Scarborough

Ryan J. Davidson’s poetry collection Under What Stars focuses on themes of travel, soul-searching, and loneliness — something of a holy trinity.   The collection centers around the places Davidson has lived in and traveled to throughout Asia, Europe and … Continue reading →

Nicolle Elizabeth’s Threadbare Von Barren: A Review by Salvatore Pane

Nicolle Elizabeth’s chapbook, Threadbare Von Barren, is a slim volume comprised of 32 pieces of flash fiction. The individual stories read more like prose poetry and test the minimalist boundaries of the flash genre. Take for instance, the fourth in … Continue reading →

PANK is so queer, no?

Submissions are now open for  PANK’s October  special online issue featuring Queer prose, poetry & art, guest edited by Tim Jones-Yelvington. Submit fiction, poetry, art and unidentified or hybrid literary text objects  by September 1, 2010 through the special issue … Continue reading →

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David Shields on the Colbert Report, assuming you haven’t yet seen it.

These Works Will Not Tax You

It was a real pleasure meeting so many of you at AWP 2010. While we were gone, Garrett Socol had two new stories go live. At Full of Crow, Anatomy of a Blogger where he is joined by Catherine Zickgraf … Continue reading →

Did You Miss Us? We Missed You!

.5 We have returned from AWP 2010 where many things happened, all of them good, nay, great. Lots of things have been happening. 1. There’s a new issue of PANK featuring Rachel Andelman, ZZ Boone, Julie Babcock, Leah Bailly, Nik … Continue reading →

Review: Lock Up Your Daughters #4

If you are a superhot, supercool Glaswegian dyke, you will already be familiar with Lock Up Your Daughters. I am, however, aware that queer Scottish twentysomethings make up a very tiny percentage of PANK readers, so I will be more … Continue reading →

We will build a monument for the ages.

Are you a possessor of PANK schwag? A t-shirt or sticker, a pin perhaps? Have you found PANK in some other incarnation?  Send a picture to awesome@pankmagazine.com of you or someone you love wearing or sticking or otherwise claiming space … Continue reading →

Pulitzers, yo-yo, Pulitzers

In Letters, Drama and Music: Fiction – Tinkers by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press) Drama – Next to Normal, music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey History – Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World … Continue reading →

Chapbook Contest Extension until May 15

We’ve had a couple requests to do so and we’ve been contemplating an extension anyway so we’re going to keep the reading period for chapbooks open until May 15!  More details here.  Send us awesome. We are ready and reading.

Everyone tired and sore, raise your hand, say AWP.

Another year, another AWP. It was a good one this year, kids, so good I’m still hurting today. Altitude, dry air, endless boozing and the endless boozey hand shaking, a book fair that needed a zeppelin hanger it was so … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Dan Piepenbring

Dan Piepenbring appears in our March issue and today talks to us about dreams of defenestration, the papacy and the dangers of dodging. 1. Could you ever love a woman whose vagina fell out of her now and again? Oh, … Continue reading →

Annalemma Six Release Party 4/12 7:30 pm

CSI: Svalbard Episode 2 — A Review By Andrea Mullaney

It’s always tough to judge a new show on the basis of its first episode, even the latest in such an established franchise as the CSI shows, because the set-up and the players have to be introduced in the course … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Karissa Morton

Two of Karissa Morton’s fascinating poems appear in the March issue and she talks with us about fraternity, uses for useless organs and the hide and seek habits of inanimate objects. 1. What are the perks of being the president … Continue reading →

AWP Won’t Stop Us From Keeping Track of You

Congratulations to Tim Jones Yelvington and Stephen Mills, both finalists in the 2009 Best of the Net competition. We also congratulate the many fine writers who have been selected for inclusion in that anthology including PANK contributor Diane Lockward. Dzanc … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Diane Lockward

Diane Lockward’s poetry is featured in the March issue and she talks with us about deeds of darkness, unitards and the sound of poetry. 1. What defines a “deed of darkness” for you? Is it something as small as killing … Continue reading →

PANK + IndieFeed = Awesome

PANK  and poets who’ve been published by PANK are being featured on Indiefeed: Performance Poetry this week. On Monday, enjoy Carrie Murphy. She’ll be followed on Wednesday by Kristina Marie Darling and the week ends on Friday with Stephen Mills. … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Nick Kocz

Nick Kocz’s Dining by Candlelight is part of our March literary feast. He talks with us about crippling addictions, weird things we put in our mouths and seduction soundtracks. What have you been addicted to that could have crippled you … Continue reading →

Review: Angela Readman’s Strip

The poems in Strip (Salt Publishing, 2007) are the glittering twists of burlesque, then the smeared lipstick and fading smiles of the dressing room. They dazzle us with performance then drag us backstage; they are the untouchable neon of the … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Brad Green

In the March issue, Brad Green writes about the microcosm of office life and today talks with us about the hipster goth, free time (or the lack thereof, and even a bit about his writing. When are you using the … Continue reading →

Ask the Author: Nath Jones

Nath Jones explains How Mommy Ate Her Soul in the March issue and talks with us about the perfect soul recipe, working the graveyard shift, and the courage to send her work into the world. 1. How would you go … Continue reading →

Notable, Indeed

Congratulations are in order for the PANK contributors who have made the Million Writers Award 2009 Notable Stories list. Two stories from PANK made the list so we’re particularly pleased to see the work of Kevin Catalano and Janet Freeman … Continue reading →

These Words Are Anything But Foolish

We are always confident our contributors are out there doing amazing things and every single week that belief is confirmed by the wonderful writing we find here, there and everywhere. We were thrilled to learn that Ben Loory, who graced … Continue reading →

New Opportunities, New Revenue Streams

PANK’s growth over the past few years has been incredibly exciting for us as editors and as we begin our fifth year, we’ve been asking ourselves what we can do to make our offerings more dynamic and more importantly, we’re … Continue reading →