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Tim Jones-Yelvington has a new story in the Musical Obsession issue of Storyglossia about Adam (G)Lambert. He is joined by Anne Valente, Tracy Bowling, and many other talented writers.

In the new Emprise Review, fine writing from Paula Bomer, Ryan Bradley, Heather Fowler, Kyle Hemmings, Ethel Rohan, Garrett Socol and Angi Becker Stevens. Garrett also has work in the November issue of Underground Voices.

Daniel Nester’s irreverent How to Be Inappropriate is out now. He’ll be in Portland, OR at Powell’s (January 7, 2010) and San Francisco for The Rumpus (January 11, 2010).  More information about the book and his Public Awkwardness tour can be found here.

A nice review of the 2009 DOGZPLOT annual, edited by Barry Graham.

Our chapbook winner, Aaron Burch, is interviewed.

Nick Demske’s a self-titled manuscript has been announced as the winner of the 2010 Fence Modern Poets Series, selected by Joyelle McSweeney. The book will be published in Fall 2010. Anthony Madrid was a runner up with his manuscript The getting rid of that which cannot be done without.

Mel Bosworth’s When the Cats Razzed the Chickens & Other Stories chapbook will be released on 19 November 2009. This will be the first fiction offering in Folded Word’s Signature Series, also to be released as a hand-crafted print chapbook and e-book.  This chapbook contains 12 short stories, one of which will be exclusively unveiled within its pages. Go buy now.

Eric Bennett was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his story Becoming Burning by Foliate Oak.

Molly Gaudry was nominated by mud luscious for  Pushcart Prize and Dzanc’s Best of the Web 2010 for excerpts from her forthcoming novella We Take Me Apart.

At Necessary Fiction, enjoy David Erlewine’s Who Stormed the Beaches. David also has work in Bartleby-Snopes.

In H_NGM_N #9, Jamie Iredell and Adam Moorad.

Matt Bell has work in Conjunctions 53 and Gulf Coast 22. At Wigleaf, where Scott Garson surprises me with each new story he posts, Matt Bell gives us Cain, Caleb, Cameron and once again demonstrates his exceptional style and range. It has to be said.

Jason Jordan made a lot of this post possible. Speaking of Jason, November brings new decomP including Michelle Askin,  Ben Loory and Angi Becker Stevens.

Allan Shapiro, whose story The Butcher and the Breather first appeared at PANK will be publishing a collection including that story and the rest of his Food For All series. The collection will be available from Grace Notes Books in a few months.

At Every Day Genius, Ethel Rohan writes of Rites of Passage.

David Peak’s Museum of Fucked is available for pre-order.

In the debut issue of Double Shiny, Corey Mesler.

There is November elimae featuring, among others, Sean Lovelace, Andrew Borgstrom, JA Tyler, Ben White, Eric Beeny, and Alexandra Isacson. Eric Beeny also has work in Spilt Milk and The Medulla Review where he is joined by Heather Fowler, Ricky Garni, Ethel Rohan, JA Tyler, and Adam Moorad.

In the new issue of Rumble, xTx, PH Madore,  and Molly Gaudry interviews Claudia Smith.

Monkeybicycle 7 is now available for pre-order. This issue (drops on 11/30)  will feature several PANK contributors and other fine writers: Elizabeth Alexander, Angi Becker Stevens, Ryan Boudinot, Rita Dahl, Craig Davis, Andrew Ervin, Molly Gaudry, Aaron Gilbreath, Reed Hearne, James Kaelan, Corey Mesler, Weam Namou, Daniel Romo, Ken Saji, Shya Scanlon, Tyler Stoddard Smith, Rebecca can Laer, Yassen Vassilev, Edwin Wilson Rivera, and Mike Wood.

The line up for Pear Noir 3 has been announced and it will include, among others, PANK contributors RA Allen, Audri Sousa, Rob Burch, Andrew Borgstrom, Eric Beeny, Jimmy Chen, and Michelle Reale. Ships in January.

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