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Messy, Heartbreaking, Beautiful: Just Like Family
Review of PANK, Spring 2013 by Petur HK

My little brother was born with a stick of dynamite in one hand and a match in the other, and when time came to cut the umbilical cord, Dad didn’t cut it—he lit it.

Okay, that’s not true. But if it were, we’d have called him [PANK].

Make no mistake: [PANK] is a little brother. Moreover, specifically, [PANK] is the little brother of Frankenstein’s monster, and as such, just as much a hodgepodge as any other little brother. Most of the time, the prose is indistinguishable from the poetry (or vice versa); the French tongue is butchered in one...

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Interview

"A Patchwork of Multiple Cultures Working Toward a Common Goal"
Interview with Maryam Piracha—Editor of Missing Slate

You hold a masters degree in creative writing. How did it help you as an editor?

I received my MA in Creative Writing (from Lancaster University) long after I began my career—such as it is—as an editor. Though I have an undergraduate degree in Creative Writing, I graduated at 19 and was thrust into the professional world ahead of my time, into a field that wasn’t a choice of passion as much as it was of practicality. For about five years before the...

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Publishing Tip

Ranking Lit Mags, Ranking Writing

By Rachel Peterson

People want to know what is the best---the best use of their time, the best forum for their art. And, they want to know what will earn the the highest respect from their peers. It is human to categorize, to rank, to classify. It allows us to make sense out of a rather chaotic jumble of information.

But remember, rankings and awards are no guarantee of greatness, only of recognition by the wider, writerly community. What's more, acclaims will only...

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