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August 5, 2019
We may have been on hiatus for the past month, but our contributors and editors sure haven't! Catch up what they've up to and catch up on their Split Lp work in our archives:
Books!
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Check out the cover for Brandon Taylor's book Real Life
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Cathy Ulrich's book Ghosts of You is available for pre-order now!
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Kim Magowan’s novel The Light Source is now available
Publications, Interviews, and Reviews
July 12, 2019
We are delighted that our current featured memoir, "A Tall Order," comes from Alex Simand. And again, if you haven't read it yet, we're on hiatus for July, so go ahead and check it out, with the rest of our June issue. We've got time! Alex recently shared with us a truly beautiful cat photo, and just one thing about writing trauma and "A Tall Order":
"I don’t always know what I’m writing about until days, sometimes weeks, after I’ve written it. This is especially true when it relates to a trauma. Inst...
July 10, 2019
Our June issue's art comes from photographer Katherine Joyce Robbins, an artist living in Tokyo. We're in love with the movement and moment captured in "dull gem" and are thrilled to feature her work. Katherine recently spoke to us about "dull gem," capturing self portraits, and her other creative endeavors:
1. How do you approach self-portraiture? In what ways -- both expected and unexpected -- does it differ from photographing other subjects?
I try to approach self-portraiture with an open mind. To...
July 8, 2019
Our June issue's short story, "You're 19," comes from the wonderful Ashley Burnett. And if you haven't read it, our July hiatus is a great time to catch up with this and all the great work in our June issue!
Ashley recently shared with us a great photo of the alpaca whose acquaintance she recently made and just one thing about art imitating life -- or not -- and the conversation that brought to write "You're 19."
"My story, 'You're 19,' was inspired by a guy who once tried to ask me out by asking me a...
July 3, 2019
The FAM is making their own fireworks this July, with so much great new work in the world! Catch up on some awesome new writing and don't forget to revisit our contributors' work in our archives!
Books!
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Raven Leilani’s debut novel Luster has been sold to FSG
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Tyler Barton’s manuscript Get Empty was a finalist for Sarabande Books’ 2019 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction
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Gayle Brandeis’ Many Restless Concerns is now available for pre-order from Black Lawrence Press.
Publications, Inte...
July 1, 2019
On her new Sturgill Simpson-produced LP, Deluxe Hotel Room, Lucette explores all types of love and the relationships that come with it. I recently spoke with the Canadian-born musician about her hometown of Edmonton, writing serious songs, and how making the new album gave her the courage to open up to others.
Chris Wolford: The leadoff track sets the stage for what’s to come: lovelorn narrators, dreams of better lives, and something sinister always lurking around every corner. When discussing the alb...
June 27, 2019
Earlier this week, we shared Mátyás Dunajcsik’s thoughts about writing this month's featured poem, "Sixteen Theses on Walking and Poetry," and today, Timea Balogh, who translated the poem from Hungarian to English, tells us how she came to the poem, walking in Budapest, and the collaboration of translation:
Budapest from Gellert Hill
"I was first introduced to Mátyás Dunajcsik’s writing at the beginning of last summer, when the Petőfi Literary Museum asked me to translate “Sixteen Theses on Walking and...
June 25, 2019
June's featured poem comes from Mátyás Dunajcsik, who wrote "Sixteen Theses on Walking and Poetry" in Hungarian, and Timea Balogh, who crafted the English translation. Here, Mátyás tells us one more thing about writing the poem, Budapest, and the relationship between poetry, language, and walking:
At the time I wrote this piece, a little less than ten years ago, I was still living in Budapest, Hungary, the city I was born and raised in. I looked at my hometown as this vast, multi-layered oce...
June 14, 2019
Our June issue is coming fresh out of the oven to you so soon, which means it's time for Now Playing! Here's a sneak peek of a few of our June contributors, as they discuss what they've been enjoying lately and how it feels.
Ashley Burnett
I'm 2000 and late to everything, so I just finally finished reading Less by Andrew Sean Greer (those library waitlists are no joke). I burst into happy tears at the end, which has to be a first for me. Read it and weep with me.
Mátyás Dunajcsik
The music that has been...
June 12, 2019
This month's featured flash -- "We all want to believe someone, somewhere, would die for us" -- comes from Lena Ziegler. But since this is the Collaborative Folio, there's a little more to the story. The flash is a section from a larger collaborative project with Erin Slaughter, who you may remember from our February issue. Lena and Erin recently took some time to talk about their friendship, their collaborative process, and the freedom they've found in sharing with each other.
Erin Slaughter and Lena...
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