Category Archives: Literary Journals

May ’15 Meto-News: New Publication in Timber, Vol. 5

Posted on May 26, 2015 by metonymicalpen

I am happy to share with you the publication of my short story, “Revival”, in Timber, Vol. 5. This piece is yet another of the upcoming—nearly there—Southern story collection I began working on in earnest during the final phase of … Continue reading →

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The Goddard Blog: rawboned in the News

Posted on May 11, 2015 by metonymicalpen

Check out the Goddard Blog, here, for a great overview/interview/write up of our rawboned staff in its current configuration: Ginna Luck, who I think of as our soul-bearer of beauty and the aesthetic ideal. bevin, who is the persona of poetry–a … Continue reading →

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Meto-News, April ’15: Moon City Review Arrives!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by metonymicalpen

I am happy to present my short piece, “Drafts”, in this spring’s Moon City Review, 2015. “Drafts” is another from the collection that includes “The Problems of Odessa” (REED/ John Steinbeck Fiction Award, 2014), “House of Broken Dishes” (reDivider/Beacon Street Prize, … Continue reading →

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Meto-things: What’s Up

Posted on February 27, 2015 by metonymicalpen

Here is where things are at: 1 My partner in all things of art and life, David L. White, has three poems up at The Knicknackery, “Low Tide”, “Crochet”, and “At Oven’s Door”, which I can’t even read because it breaks me. Intensity. I … Continue reading →

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Meto-News 2/10/15: tNY Anthology Arrives and Other Intriguing Thoughts

Posted on February 10, 2015 by metonymicalpen

As previously promised, here are my tNY Book IV contributor’s kickbacks. Visuals reign supreme in this weird little book, which is as it should be. Check it out: My story appears on page 24  and is paired here not with the artwork of … Continue reading →

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Meto-News: January 2015

Posted on January 21, 2015 by metonymicalpen

I’m thrilled to say my contributor’s copies of Sou’wester, with my story, Graduation Event, are here. If Graduation Event could talk, it would gush about how much it loves the work featured in this edition by writers like Martha Silano, Sarah Gerkensmeyer, … Continue reading →

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Meto-News Addendum

Posted on December 17, 2014 by metonymicalpen

Isn’t that always the way? Post news, get news. So, three things: 1. Recently, I enjoyed the opportunity to interview a wonderful writer (and all around friendly person), Julia Strayer, for Smokelong Quarterly, a fabulous online journal with great taste in material and … Continue reading →

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Meto-news

Posted on July 26, 2014 by metonymicalpen

 My short story, “My Grandmother, Lily, Says a Few Words About Brooding”, appears in the current edition of Clockhouse. I’ve gone a bit fan-girl realizing that my favorite American poet, Naomi Shihab Nye, also appears in this edition. I was … Continue reading →

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