Archive for July, 2012
Song & Glass by Stan Mir (A Review by J. A. Tyler)
What follows is the sixth in J. A. Tyler’s full-press of Subito Press, a series of reviews appearing at [PANK] over the course of 2012, covering every title available from Subito Press. J. A. Tyler’s previous full-press series have appeared … Continue reading
This Modern Writer: 11 Inflexible Rules for Upstart Writers by Matthew Burnside
RULE: Don’t do a lot of other shit while writing Because you wouldn’t eat a TV dinner while taking a dump would you? Â (As I write this I’m watching The Seventh Seal. Antonius Block is losing to Death in … Continue reading
Fractured West #3 (A Review by Dawn West)
Fractured West 42pgs/£4.99 The third issue of Fractured West, a petite magazine of short fiction, is a testament to the notions that brief doesn’t mean empty, that a single scene can show you a life, and that a handful of … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Leah Nielsen
In March there was “Say Spilt Milk” by Leah Nielsen. 1. Is there an open Krispy Kreme in Massachusetts? The only one I saw there was closed. I think there used to be one in Springfield, but it closed. Sigh. … Continue reading
Fuckscapes by Sean Kilpatrick (A Review by j/j hastain)
Blue Square Press 100pgs/$12 I have spent a few days in Sean Kilpatrick’s fuckscapes and need to name the disturbances (induced by reading this book) I feel in my body, as well as the awareness of the rare beauties within … Continue reading
This Modern Writer: Katy Perry Has A Broken Heart: A Review of Part of Me by Brian Oliu
(with apologies to Gay Talese) Katy Perry, holding a bottle of Pepsi in one hand and an iPhone in the other, sat down underneath the bright lights of a nameless backstage room in one of Brazil’s largest amphitheaters while countless … Continue reading
A Forsley Feuilleton: Franz Kafka should have spent his time rolling dice with confidence on the corner instead of writing letters in confidence on the paper – Act Three
I went to Vegas because I believed that leopard pattern spandex and rusted tinfoil sailor hat wearing street schizophrenic when he grabbed my little tattooed arms and said, “Franz Kafka should have spent his time rolling dice with confidence on … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Ryan Mohr
This great little number from Ryan Mohr, “It’s All Pretend,” from the March Issue. 1. Where did “It’s All Pretend” come from? I knew I wanted to write a sad and dark, yet perhaps optimistic story about love. I think … Continue reading
Zee Bee & Bee (aka Propeller Hats for the Dead) by David James Keaton (A Review by Simon Jacobs)
Open Casket Press 148pgs/$10.99 “…And With These Hats We Shall Fly† 1. “Shiver Moments” The premise to David James Keaton’s novella Zee Bee & Bee (aka Propeller Hats for the Dead) ought to be enough: a themed bed-and-breakfast in which customers … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Kate Fujimoto
From the March archives, Two Poems from Kate Fujimoto. 1. What is the weirdest thing you’ve married? All marriage, ever, is weird. 2. Where did these poems come from? A black moth whispered them into my ear on a moonless night … Continue reading
Let’s Get Hotter
Todd McKie has a new story in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. You can read three poems by Gary Percesepe in Fwriction Review. Swanee, by Sara Lipmann is featured at Joyland. There are six poems by Christopher Citro at Used Furniture Review. … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Emily Testa
Emily Testa wrote “The Crown Prince of Irkutsk Oblast” and we published it in March. 1. What title would you like to hold in a past dynasty? Empress Supreme 2. Do you keep up with others when they have something … Continue reading
A Mind of Winter by Shira Nayman (A Review by Brian Libgober)
Akashic Books 332 pgs/$15.95 Set a few years after the end of the Second World War, A Mind of Winter opens with protagonist Oscar musing about the irony of his impending indictment for crimes against humanity. They say that an … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Matt Sailor
These Two Stories from Matt Sailor were a great addition to our March Issue. 1. How would you have ended the E.T. video game? Really, for all I know, the game could have a remarkable ending. But I’ll never know, because … Continue reading
I Have Blinded Myself Writing This by Jess Stoner (A Review By Helen McClory)
Short Flight/Long Drive Books 192 pgs/$12.95 Experimental Fiction. What comes to mind when you read or hear these words? For me they conjure up feelings of eager apprehension, similar to walking into a free exhibition at a small, untested … Continue reading
Logophily: Rednecks, or You Can’t Tell a Cartoon
There’s a King of the Hill gag I’m particularly fond of. In the first season, in one of the first episodes, when the character Kahn is introduced, the white Texan characters ask if he’s Chinese or Japanese. He’s Laotian [1]. … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Katya Apekina
From the March Issue, Katya Apekina’s “The Deaths of Max Morozov.” 1. What mutant power does Max have that allow him to keep coming back to life? I don’t know! The story started off with me wanting to write a … Continue reading
Welcome to Monday and the Rest of your Life
1. The July Issue has come. 2. If you haven’t heard, we’re excited to announce the release date for [PANK] 7, September 1 2012. Here you will find the roster of contributors, some snippets of what’s inside, and the fabulous … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Steven Casimer Kowalski
We loved this mini-series (of which, it is revealed below, there are more), “Three Must-Haves,” from Steven Casimer Kowalski in the March Issue. 1. Why would anyone spend so much money on objects? I don’t know if Bruce Robinson wrote … Continue reading
Scattered notes on love, counterpublics, queer time, the care industry & Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You”
From Dr. Herukhuti’s Ocean’s of Love Letter: Is one black man loving another man the revolutionary act of the 21st Century?: In choosing to communicate through the simile, “I feel like a free man,†rather than saying he was a … Continue reading
A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics By CAConrad (A Review by Diana Arterian)
Wave Books 240pgs/$18 “Every single thing can now be highlighted as a possible WAY to a poem. It’s true to say the poem is there, it’s right there, it’s always there, and it’s waiting, actually waiting for us.† The bulk … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Adrienne Gunn
In regards to Adrienne Gunn and this piece she wrote for us, published in March, “Girl in America.” 1. How does one summon the whore within? In the case of Girl in America, it’s as easy as the addition of … Continue reading
Dreams: “Creative writing instructors hate that shit.”
What shouldn’t you write about [1]? I’ve most often heard about this topic in the context of creative writing class syllabi [2]. My favorite rule comes from a buddy’s class: “No losing-your-virginity stories. They all end the same way” [3]. … Continue reading
Self-Titled Debut by Andrew Farkas (A Review by J. A. Tyler)
What follows is the fifth in J. A. Tyler’s full-press of Subito Press, a series of reviews appearing at [PANK] over the course of 2012, covering every title available from Subito Press. J. A. Tyler’s previous full-press series have appeared … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Kelli Anne Noftle
Kelli Anne Noftle’s engaging piece, “Moving,” appeared in the March Issue. 1. How has poetry shaped your flash fiction? Do you find the two genres blur together sometimes? I find that they are blurring and bleeding into one another the … Continue reading
A Forsley Feuilleton: Don’t Ever Antagonize The Horn
Thomas Pynchon has, for almost a century, maintained his privacy – successfully dodging The Media’s muckraking microphones and cankerous cameras – in this hi-tech era when even the most reclusive of recluses have Twitter accounts where they announce every shit … Continue reading
the unfirm line – Krief
“Now I can say, you’ve got me. Just me. And I can say, take it or leave.” Krief, “La Verite” The act of giving yourself to someone you love, and yet having the strength to tell them to decide. Inner … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Chad Redden
In March came “The Listening Glass” by Chad Redden. 1. Your use of white space between stanzas is generous. Was this intentional when creating “The Listening Glass”? Yes, the space between stanzas and within some of the lines is intentional. … Continue reading
My world is empty without you/World is empty: on love songs, state violence, & Michael Laney
On Monday night, Charlotte police officers shot and killed Michael Laney. Laney was handcuffed in police custody at the time of his murder. In nearly all mainstream coverage of this police execution, journalists have named Laney as an “armed robbery … Continue reading
Friday Five
Five pieces of interest from authors with writing in the upcoming [PANK] 7, to be released September 1, 2012. Pre-order here. 1. Reunion from Matthew Baker in FRiGG. 2. Excerpt from The Ancient Book of Hip by DW Lichtenberg. 3. Poetry from Elizabeth … Continue reading
Variations of a Brother War By J.A. Tyler (A Review by Ryan Werner)
Small Doggies Press 116 pgs/$12.95 Fairness, love, and war are usually dealt with in that order. This says nothing of the truths found within the inversions, the war in love and the love of fairness and how it’s only a … Continue reading
Ask The Author: Joshua Michael Stewart
“Night of the Living Blues” from Joshua Michael Stewart was published in the  March Issue. 1. Is it a requirement to obtain a poetic license to write a poem involving music in some shape or way? Poetic License? I guess … Continue reading