Archive for September, 2011

Ask The Author: Emma Sovich

Four poems of a collection by Emma Sovich appear in our August issue. They’re a great read for these rainy fall days. Here she answers our questions about the collection and about bodies both stone and real. 1. Why would anyone … Continue reading →

A PANK Submission Reader (Court Merrigan) Speaks

As a reader, I don’t have editorial control at PANK; I can only suggest.  Roxane has accepted a couple pieces now that I wouldn’t have, thus delineating the Land of Editors from the Land of Readers.  However, Roxane has not … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Michael Glaviano

Michael Glaviano’s Three Poems are presented in the August issue. He responds to our questions about his lines, his writing and where he came from. 1. How does a room affect what accent you take? If there’s food in the … Continue reading →

The Chill in the Air is Perfectly Crisp

Weekend Fiction at the Good Men Project features a story by Faith Gardner. Garrett Socol has two new stories: WE KNEW WHAT IT WAS BY THEN, and AFTER THE CHAMPAGNE. Two poems by Brett Elizabeth Jenkins appear at Metazen. At … Continue reading →

Freight by Mel Bosworth (A Review by Morowa Yejidé)

Folded Word Press $14 It isn’t often that a story allows us to simply muse, to contemplate the high and the low of things, but Mel Bosworth’s Freight does just that.  This novel is aware of its own kind of … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Caleb Johnson

You can tell just by the title, that Caleb Johnson’s piece in our August issue, All The Things You Think You Need But Really Don’t, is amazing and will have a resonance that stems far and wide. Caleb talks here … Continue reading →

Best of the Net Nominations

It’s that time of year when we start re-reading the wonderful work you send our way. We’ve made our nominations for Best of the Net and this year, they are: Poetry In Our Wedding Vows, I’d Beg,  Hannah Miet http://www.pankmagazine.com/hannah-miet/ … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Marcelle Heath

Marcelle Heath’s short fiction, “Christina Heppel”,  is a great addition to the August issue. Here she answers questions about riots, stick wielding, and where characters come from. 1. What have you wielded a stick like?   I’ve wielded a stick like a … Continue reading →

The Body is a Little Gilded Cage by Kristina Marie Darling (A Review by J. A. Tyler)

In short: Kristina Marie Darling’s The Body is a Little Gilded Cage is the best book that Darling has written and the best book that Gold Wake Press has produced. I’ve read Darling’s previous Night Songs (also from Gold Wake … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Corey Ginsberg

Corey Ginsberg’s Two Poems appear in the August issue. Here she answers our questions, and they make our day. 1. Have you ever been in the Shiva position? What was that like?   Not while tethered in my corporeal human … Continue reading →

Two Calls for Submission

The Splinter Generation, a literary journal for and about people born between 1973 and 1993, has begun its next reading period and is now accepting submissions for creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry from October 1-December 1. Do Talk to Strangers, our … Continue reading →

This Modern Writer: The Physics of Perceived Time by Curtis Smith

My son holds his kata’s opening pose: back straight, fists low and clenched. Tonight, he says, he’d rather not have me watch. “Why not?” I ask. “Because.” “Fair enough.” I shut my eyes. “Are they closed?” “As closed as they … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Gary Sheppard

Gary Sheppard’s, wonderful fantastic piece of fiction appears in the August issue. Titled “Do You Understand, Perfectly, The Weeknights? Positively Mean Them?, you can read it here. 1. How did you come up with the following line: “My hand in … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Laura Bender

In the July issue appears Laura Bender’s “The Tiger Below.” She answers our questions quick and dirty. 1. Would you rather chase tigers or waterfalls? I’m not sure exactly how you’d chase a waterfall, I should ask TLC, but it … Continue reading →

Gallimaufry: The Worst Thing

There is nothing worse than getting a paper cut. Some people will try to argue differently, but those people are always wrong and we should feel sorry for them. Some people will try to tell you they experienced something worse … Continue reading →

Nothing Even Matters But This This This and That

In the September issue of Word Riot, Melissa Chadburn has plans to be loved. xTx is featured in the debut issue of Safety Pin Review–a charming new magazine. Over at Housefire, a raw story from Ryan Bradley. You’ll find a … Continue reading →

Damascus by Joshua Mohr (A Review by Tyler Grimm)

Available October 2011 from Two Dollar Radio 208 pages $16.00 “A life without art was like skin without tattoos, boring and empty and pale.”    - Joshua Mohr (Damascus) We’ve all been to seedy bars. Hell, some of us practically … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Carlie St. George

Carlie St. George’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful piece, “V”,appears in the August issue. It’s already mid-September so if you haven’t already, you absolutely must read it here. 1. How do you dress your panic in the morning? I think panic’s the … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Jacob Dawson

Jacob Dawson’s “Chunk” appears in the August issue. Here he elaborates. 1. What would you whore yourself out for? I would whore myself out to get a book published for sure. Wouldn’t think twice about it. 2. Who would you … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Molly Laich

Molly Laich’s riveting story “The Sting” appears in the August issue. Her answers to our questions, here, are just as amazing. 1. How would your career begin at Smith & Wesson? I will never ever ever work in an office … Continue reading →

Hough & Helix & Where & Here & You, You, You by Lea Graham (A Review by J. A. Tyler)

Hough & Helix & Where & Here & You, You, You is Lea Graham’s first full-length collection, as well my first date with No Tell Books, and both are a solid way to begin something new. The physical product is … Continue reading →

First Impressions (Or A Letter to My English Composition Students) (Or “We’re Not Hesher.”)

Before we go any further discussing objective versus subjective descriptions or read essays by Heather Rogers and EB White or beat ourselves over the head with anymore comma splices or discuss how some of you begin a paragraph in past … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Christine Ha

“The Virtues of Being Mary” by Christine Ha is a part of our July issue. She will now take our questions. 1. What is the weirdest thing you’ve worn that was secondhand? I wouldn’t say this is the weirdest secondhand … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Jessica Dyer

Jessica Dyer’s “Uses for a Uterus” is an excellent addition to the July issue. Here, the uterus conversation continues. 1. How would you use your uterus? Well, I just came back from Body Worlds and saw some pretty traditional uses … Continue reading →

Gallimaufry: The Second-To-Last Supper

And as they were reclining at table and eating on this, the second-to-last supper, Jesus looked around at his guests. There was James The Greater and, to a lesser extent, James The Lesser. There was John and Peter, who, you … Continue reading →

What You Should Know On This Day

The September issue is alive and kicking and this issue is really something special. In this issue you will find two sharp poems by Corinna Bain including one, “Girls Putting on Make-Up on the L Train,” with language so carefully … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Casey Hannan

Casey Hannan’s piece, “Piano Hands”, appears in the July Issue. He tells us here about his crushes and plans for seduction. 1. What key do your hands play when you crack your knuckles?  The key of I wasn’t a music … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Erin Keane

Erin Keane’s two poems are part of the July issue. She speaks with us here about her writing process and the reality of poetry. 1. What’s my budget to work with to make the room something? Empty your pockets onto the table. If … Continue reading →

In Capitalist America You Can’t, And I Can’t, Suck On Nipples All Day, Even Though They’re Magic, And Especially Because They Belong To Mother Nature by Christopher Forsley

Let’s talk about drugs, friendly drugs, not dangerous drugs.  Lenny Bruce – Saint Lenny, that is – said no drug is dangerous, that they’re all friendly.  But his friend, Morphine, killed him.  Was Saint Lenny wrong?  Are some drugs dangerous?  … Continue reading →

Domestic Apparition by Meg Tuite (A Review by Anna March)

San Francisco Bay Press $14.99 Meg Tuite’s “Domestic Apparition” is sublime. In this mosaic of tightly intertwined chapters that seamlessly join to form the novel, we meet Michelle, our narrator, whom we will not just come to root for, but … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Susan Rukeyser

Susan Rukeyser’s work, “Hiccup”, appears in the London Calling Special Issue. We especially love her answer in regards to the question, “How do you cure hiccups?” 1. What has the sea brought you?   The Irish Sea once brought me … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Suzanne Scanlon

Suzane Scanlon’s piece, “From Promising Young Women: Heather (#19)”, appears in the July issue. We asked her where the piece came from and she told us. 1. What kind of -some are you? It depends on the day. Awesome, irksome, … Continue reading →

Luminarium by Alex Shakar (A Review by Randy Brzoska)

SoHo Press $16/432 pages It seems fitting that Alex Shakar would open his novel, Luminarium, with an invitation.  Not your garden variety party invitation, mind you.  Something a bit more oblique, less straightforward.  But an invitation nonetheless. Picture yourself stepping … Continue reading →

the unfirm line – Red Hot Chili Peppers

“In the end and then, all will be forgiven when surrender rises high and I gave what I came to give.” Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tear. After a rough few weeks, it is reassuring to be reminded that “in the … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Kristen Iskandrian

“Remarks My Immigrant Mother Has Made About Babies” by Kristen Iskandrian was a wonderful addition to our July issue. She answers all our questions in 30 words or less. 1. What remarks would your mother have made about me as a … Continue reading →

Gallimaufry: Thank You For Using LinkedIn!

Thank you for using LinkedIn. Everyone here at LinkedIn truly appreciates your ongoing support, and we hope our site has provided you the tools you need to succeed in business. With that said, we would like to take a moment … Continue reading →

A Strange Coolness In the Air

We are really, really thrilled to share that PANK contributor MERRITT TIERCE will receive a 2011 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award. Merritt is an outstanding writer and this recognition is richly deserved. In Issue 4 of Red Lightbulbs, xTx, Paul Cunningham, J. … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: MG Martin

MG Martin’s, “6,000 Miles Apart, Which Is More In Kilometers” appears in the online July issue. It is amazing. Here, he answers these wonderful questions about various things. 1. What are you living on the side of?             First, I … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Amanda Montei

Amanda Montei’s eleven poems appear in our July issue. She answers our questions here. 1. What else makes my butt look better? Spanks and pilates, of course. 2. Why CVS and now Walgreen’s? Actually, I prefer Rite Aid because of … Continue reading →

This Modern Writer: Those Who Can’t, Those Who Won’t, & Those Who Shouldn’t: Does Writing Matter? by Simone Rosen

I will demonstrate to my students both the ease and practical necessity of prewriting. We pro/con clusters, outlines, brainstorms. Improvising, I say, “Alright, class, let’s come up with 4 or 5 categories to prewrite about. Anything off the top of … Continue reading →

Jeanette by Joe Simpson Walker (A Review by Martin Macaulay)

Chomu Press $17/408 pages ‘Jeanette, is something the matter?’ In Joe Simpson Walker’s novel, people have a habit of asking Jeanette Hesketh ‘What’s the matter?’ Her parents, her teacher, her neighbours, her is-he-isn’t-he boyfriend – they all want to get … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Joanna Pearson

Joanna Pearson’s “Origins of Winter” appears in the July issue.  Here, we ask her some forward questions. 1. Why are poets so fascinated by the seasons?   Possible obsession with any of the following: Pathetic fallacy? Greco-Roman mythology? Cycles in … Continue reading →

This Modern Writer: What Does This Have to Do With the Price of Eggs in China? By Lauren Schmeer

“I read your story as if the main character was a mutant baby, some sort of hybrid kid-dog monster.” I am quiet. I am prepared for this; I am getting workshopped. “And even after I got to the line that … Continue reading →

Moleskines

note: “Electric Parade” is now “Bullet Train to Tokyo” because “Electric Parade” no longer suits me and I’ve never set foot in Japan, much less one of its bullet trains. *** once upon a time, i was poor. in Prince … Continue reading →

Do You Know The Meth-od Man? It’s Three A.M.

A man nearly died on my driveway last night. He’d done a huge amount of some naracotic then wandered the trailer park before ending up at my house at three a.m.  The man fell against the front of my house then knocked on the window. … Continue reading →

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Ask the Author: Rachel Levy

Rachel Levy’s amazing piece “Becoming Deer” appears in the July Issue. She speaks with us here about cigarettes, inspiration and Darwinism. 1. What animal do you want to become? I want to become a deer. I value strength and size. … Continue reading →

World Tree by David Wojahn (A Review by Brian Fanelli)

University of Pittsburg Press 134 pages. $16 David Wojahn’s latest collection of poems, World Tree, is a book in which the dead come alive on the page. His poems are filled with voices of the past, including spirits from the … Continue reading →

Ask The Author: Jack Nicholls

Jack Nicholl’s piece “Adrian Dumpleton” appears in the special London Calling Issue. He answers questions about keepie-ups, competition and various American and non things. 1. What could you grate on your abs? Nothing. However, I can zest a lemon using … Continue reading →

Gallimaufry: New Science Experiments You Can Do With Basic Household Items

Baking Soda Volcano This. Is. A classic. The kids will love this one so much, they’ll finally call you ‘Dad.’ (Hey, better late than never!) Start out by baking a dozen sugar cookies on a baking pan. When they’re finished, … Continue reading →

Bruised Jaw, Bloody Tooth, the Last of Hot Summer Days

Our amazing crime issue is life featuring Chris Offut (!), Aaron Michael Morales, Frank Bill, Eric Shonkwiler, Anthony Neil Smith, Art Taylor, Keith Rowson, and Kyle Minor. Start here with the special issue editor’s Brad Green’s introduction. Everyone Wants to … Continue reading →