Author Archive

For Your Monday Morning Coffee

1. THE MAY ISSUE IS ALIVE. 2. Only a short amount of time until we invade Brooklyn again, this time with Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and we couldn’t be more excited. May 23rd, 7pm. WORD, 126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn. Featuring readings … Continue reading

Friday Five

1. This essay on the cultural relevance of reading from Vouched Guest Contributor Adam Robinson, at Vouched 2. These poems from Claudia Cortese, at DIAGRAM 3. These poems from Mary Kovaleski Byrnes, at Literary Bohemian 4. This letter to Don … Continue reading

For Your Monday Morning Coffee

1. Together with Vol. 1 Brooklyn, [PANK] Invades Brooklyn. May 23. 7pm. WORD, 126 Franklin Street. Featuring readings by Mensah Demary, Sean Doyle, Jennifer Pashley, Robb Todd, M.G. Martin, Tess Patalano, and Roxane Gay. RSVP on our Facebook Page. 2. … Continue reading

Friday Five

1. “Dear Corporation”, by Adam Fell, at Sixth Finch 2. “Building of Unseen Cats”, from Fjords Vol.1 by Zachary Schomburg, at Verse Daily 3. “Night of The Lillies” by Antonia Crane, at The Rumpus 4. “Mercy”, poetry by Layne Ransom, … Continue reading

For Your Monday Morning Coffee

1. We would love to have your support in our Spring Funds Drive. Read about it and donate here. We’re half way through the month, but not quite half way to our goal. 2. The April Issue, it’s alive. 2. Mark … Continue reading

Friday Five

1. OF BIRDS, BINOCULARS & GRADE SCHOOL ANATOMY, poetry by B.J. Love at DIAGRAM 2. Turn Off My Face, poetry by Ben Kopel at La Petite Zine 3. Graphs About Charts and Charts About Graphs, Ben Greenman at McSweeney’s Internet … Continue reading

Ask The Author: Nancy Flynn

Distant Early Warnings, from Nancy Flynn, in the January Issue. 1. How does one unclot a vapor? With the wave of a magic wand? Alchemy? Other dark arts? When I wrote that line, I was channeling the ancient Greek and … Continue reading

[PANK] Went to Mission Creek

and it was awesome. I could sum it up at that, but I’ll go into a little more detail: ten hour drive, bookfair, reading, BBQ, concert, ten hour drive. I can go into further detail still: Dubuque Iowa in the … Continue reading

Friday Five

1. Night at Target, poetry by Ryan Bender-Murphy at elimae 2. Stealing Bic, fiction by Laurence Pritchard at Used Funiture Review 3. As The Hours Grow Smaller the Smaller Grows Flour, poetry by Ben Mirov at Everyday Genius 4. Exits … Continue reading

And Then It Was Monday

1. [PANK] Invades Portland (March 23) and Seattle (March 24th) this week! Be there. 2. The March Issue is live. 3. [PANK] will also be at the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City, March 30th and 31st. We want to … Continue reading

Friday Five

These poems are good. They are poems that we read this week. They are poems that you should read while you wind down your week. Enjoy. Sasha Fletcher at Notnostrums. Nicholas Reading at Burnside Review. Juan Felipe Herrera was the … Continue reading

Overheard

Things we heard people say while at AWP 2012: Your rejection letter made me so happy. We skew in the direction of poetry and prose. But mostly we publish experimental literature. Are they…children’s books..?? Is this appropriate for teenagers? So … Continue reading

Today Precedes a Great Tomorrow

1. AWP is upon us. The [PANK] crew descends from near and far, some of us tomorrow, some of us later this week. Here is a list of where we plan to be. Follow our live Twitter feed to see … Continue reading

Good Morning, Monday

1.Hey, did you see us, along with some other great magazines, get a little nugget of love from the New York Times last week?! It was in this week’s Sunday print issue, too. Check it out. 2. We can hardly … Continue reading

[PANK] Updates: All Kinds of Excitement

In case you haven’t heard (in which case, where have you been?!), our lovechild was born last week, named [PANK] 6, and now available for sale.

To Make Your Friday Even Better..

We want to know where you are and where you are reading your new [PANK] 6! Post a picture of yourself loving up [PANK]6 to our Facebook page, and you’ll be entered to win a free [PANK] T-shirt. Be sure … Continue reading

For Your Monday Coffee

1.  Only 8 more days of waiting until the release of PANK 6! You can still pre-order your copy here. 2. If 8 days is too long to wait for some PANK goodness, order our iPhone app. Send us proof … Continue reading

In Case You Need Reminding

1. PANK 6 is now available for pre-order. Our annual print copy of wonderfulness has a cover that is sure to engage and 280, twohundredandeighty!, pages of awesome writing so dense it may fall through your coffee table. 2. The Science and Fiction Special … Continue reading

Ask The Author: Teresa Milbrodt

Teresa Milbrodt’s “The Muffin Stand” is a part of our September Issue. Here she answers our questions. 1. Which would you rather run: a lemonade stand or a muffin stand? Muffins, definitely muffins.  They’re easier to convince people to buy … Continue reading

Three Reminders For Your Monday

1. In case you were out, we’re giving away a prize. Spend $10 (including shipping) on the website and be automatically entered into a drawing to receive a free Amazon Kindle. The give away runs the month of November, so … Continue reading

Fancy Things and Contests

The fourth title in our Little Book series, I Will Speak For Me by Nicolle Elizabeth is now available for pre-order. At $8, pre-ordering I Will Speak For Me gets you four fifths of the way entered into our random drawing for an … Continue reading

We Got A New Format

PANK got technical. Thanks to the aid of our distributor, Disticor, we are pleased to announce the release of the new PANK app, available for Apple products. $6.99 gets you the app and a digital issue of your choice. Get it, … 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