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IRxSL After Dark: AWP19

February 26, 2019

We are so exciting to be hosting what is sure to be a LEGENDARY reading with our friends at Indiana Review at AWP19! We hope you can join us for some snacks and some incredible words from Gabriela Garcia, Jung Yun, Megan Giddings, Alison C. Rollins, Migueltzinta C. Solís, Elisa Gabbert, Brian Sneeden, Ariel Francisco, Krys Malcolm Belc, Chris Drangle, Jessica Lanay, Tyrese L. Coleman, and Cortney Lamar Charleston! 

Date: Friday, March 29, 2019

Location: Produce Row Cafe, just over half a mile from...

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Just One Thing with Erin Slaughter

February 21, 2019

Erin Slaughter is this month's featured poet, and we are absolutely in love with her poem, "Notes on Un-Apology." (We are also in love with her cat, Amelia, because obviously.) Here, she shares with us just one thing about how her poem came to be:


“Notes on Un-Apology” was written during my first weekend at a writers’ and artists’ residency in Woodstock, New York, on the summer solstice, in a thunderstorm, in an ancient gorgeous eerie wooden mansion, after re-reading Maggie Woodward’s incredible chap...

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Announcing Split Lip PRINT 2!

February 19, 2019

We are BEYOND excited to bring you Split Lip PRINT 2 in just a few short weeks! We believe in online journals. We believe in print journals. And we believe in bringing you an incredible selection of amazing writers, including:

John Taylor

Jeremy Packert Burke

Miles A.M. Collins-Sibley

Krys Malcolm Belc

Zakiya Cowan

Aaron El Sabrout

Marcos Gonsalez

Ellie Black

Kathryn Jackson

Valorie K. Ruiz

Sophie Paquette

Amber Sparks

David Kirby

Steve Edwards

Michelle Meyers

Amy Stuber

Erinn Batykefer

Chris Drangle

Rachel Mans McKenn...

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Now Playing: Part 19

February 14, 2019

Welcome to February's Now Playing — a preview of this month's contributors, what they've been playing lately, and why:

Erin Slaughter

I’m drastically under-exposed when it comes to film. Basically, 85% of the movies people talk about, contemporary or classic, I haven’t watched, and many I haven’t even heard of. I’ve been trying to rectify this lately by switching out my 5+ year routine of rewatching The Office with watching more movies. The last one I saw was The Lobster, which I’d been putting off bec...

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"Through My Loving Eyes": An Interview with Sicheng Wang

February 12, 2019

This month's featured artwork comes from Sicheng Wang. We were instant fans of his approach to the self-portrait. Sicheng recently took the time to answer a few questions about "Self-portrait," the piece featured in Split Lip,  and his artistic process:

1. A number of your paintings, including "Self-portrait," feature the back of the figure rather than the face. Can you talk about this choice and what it allows you to explore? 

The back is a vulnerable part of the body. We usually like to hide it...

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19 Rounds with Kendra Fortmeyer

February 7, 2019

If it seems like the editorial FAM is growing, well, that's because it is! We are pleased as punch that Kendra Fortmeyer has come aboard as a Contributing Editor. Kendra's debut novel, Hole in the Middle, has been described as a "powerful, witty, and funny tale" by Publishers Weekly and an "empowering, timely feminist read" by Kirkus Reviews. It's available now from your favorite bookseller. Let's give Kendra the 19 Rounds welcome!

1. Early bird or night owl?

Early bird -- for better or worse, I have a...

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Just One Thing with John Shakespear

February 5, 2019

Our January flash comes from John Shakespear, and if you need a breathless, one-sentence story in your life (and who doesn't?!), then "Origin Story" is the perfect match for you. Take a peak at John's workspace and learn more about the origin of the story:

"'Origin Story'" was the first thing I wrote after moving to Nashville in August 2017. The night
before my partner and I left Boston, I played one last gig with a band called Atlas Lab that I’d
been with for a few years. It was a fun night, a sweet...

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The FAM Roundup: January 2019

February 1, 2019

New year, same you! 2019 is off to a roaring start for our FAM! Catch up on your reading and revisit our contributors' work in the archives:

Books!

  • Poetry Editor Marianne Chan shared the cover of her new book All Heathens, coming from Sarabande Books in 2020.

  • Poetry reader Michelle Lewis won the Conduit Magazine 2018 Marystina Santiesteven First Book Prize for her manuscript Animul/Flame.

  • Pre-orders now available for paperback copies of memoir editor Matt Young’s book Eat the Apple.

Pub...

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August 5, 2019

Just One Thing with Alex Simand

July 12, 2019

"With an open mind": an interview with Katherine Joyce

July 10, 2019

Just One Thing with Ashley Burnett

July 8, 2019

The FAM Roundup: June 2019

July 3, 2019

TOUCHES OF SOUL: A Conversation with Lucette

July 1, 2019

Just One Thing with Timea Balogh

June 27, 2019

Just One Thing with Mátyás Dunajcsik

June 25, 2019

Now Playing: Part 21

June 14, 2019

"Soul-bonded ever since": an interview with Lena Ziegler and Erin Slaughter

June 12, 2019

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