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A biannual literary journal produced by MFA students at the University of Memphis— pinchjournal.com
Join us, Tomorrow for a conversation with New York Times best-selling author, Lauren Hough & Courtney Miller Santo, 6 p.m. at Novel. Brilliant minds combine on class and sexuality, as Hough surveys MONSTER OF A LAND, her new memoir.
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Don’t miss our latest fiction piece on PJO, “Ten Minutes Into the Roast” by Darlene Eliot 🎤
3 months ago
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Check out the latest PJO piece, “Anchovy Ghosts” by Brooke Spalding. Up Now! “We are afraid of dying/ but we cannot wait to sleep.”
4 months ago
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🚨PJO has a new poem🚨 Be sure to check out the latest poem, “A Recipe for Sapodilla Milkshakes” by Amelia Badri up on PJO now! “Mix the milk of your choice with your father’s Dairy Queen heart, the one off 441 where only three cars at most can park…”
4 months ago
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Check out our latest post on PJO! “Lieb”, a poem by William Bonfiglio, paints a striking image of the Heidelberg patient Marie Lieb’s artwork. “What is known is unimportant. It fades/ into sepia against what/ will be remembered…”
4 months ago
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“Dust and flaws become less noticeable in moonlight” Don’t miss our newest author, Liz Marlow! Her Three Poems peek into the life of Rosa in early 1900s Buenos Aires. The first two poems are available to read on PJO now, and the third poem will be posted Friday, February 6th
5 months ago
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Lauren D. Woods
7 months ago
Excited after years of submitting to have a piece forthcoming in
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Kit MacAllister
7 months ago
Thrilled to announce that my short story, Horn of Plenty, will appear in the spring issue of The Pinch Journal. Look for more info in March, when you can pick up a copy of your own!
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"The Summer My Blood Flowed for The First Time" by Rivka Clifton is up on our website. Go to
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6 months ago
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This week, we published "50/50 Custody Contrapuntal" by Sarah Mark. Go to
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6 months ago
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This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo. Read it now on PJO!
7 months ago
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This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo. Read it now on PJO!
7 months ago
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This week, we’re proud to share “A Brief Relationship with My Father” by Tom Busillo. Read it now on PJO!
7 months ago
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Up on PJO today, the poem "Heartwood" by Eric Roy. Go to
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7 months ago
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Editorial assistant Elena Kang had the opportunity to interview Kerry James Evans. His second book Nine Persimmons will be published in March 2026 by the University of Nebraska Press and is available for preorder now. Read the full interview here:
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Poet Kerry James Evans on Gathering Fragments into Stillness — PINCH
When I think of influence, I like its earliest meaning—when it referred to the flow of energy from the stars into human life, from in-fluere, “to flow into.” I’m drawn to that sense of permeability: how the world and language pass through us, one current at a time, until some form of coherence takes shape.
https://www.pinchjournal.com/blog-posts/kerryjamesevans
8 months ago
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Go to PJO to read "Leaves like Madness" by Chris J. Bahnsen.
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8 months ago
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Submit your new and previously unpublished nonfiction work for consideration! Deadline is November 2. Submission link in bio. We can't wait to read your work!
8 months ago
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Interested in having your art published in a literary journal? Our art submissions end in ONE DAY! Here's a guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page. 🖼 Art by Justin Williams
8 months ago
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This is our latest PJO piece!
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Our nonfiction submissions are currently open! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work!
8 months ago
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Congratulations to our nominees and thank you to every writer who continues to make this community thrive. 💙
8 months ago
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"I want to talk about the body & how it persists ..." writes Katelyn Sweeney in her gorgeous poem, Birding Through the Aftermath, out on PJO now. Go to our site to read it.
8 months ago
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Congratulations to the late Karen Kao whose work was chosen by Leslie Jamison as the 2025 Sarabande Prize in the Essay winner. The collection Swimming Upside Down is slated for publication in June 2027. Her piece "Cardamom Heals All Wounds" is featured in Issue 45.2 of the Pinch.
8 months ago
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Up on PJO today, the poem "Skin Care for Temporary Ghosts" by J.M. Emery. Go to
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to read it!
8 months ago
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Our art submissions are open! Here's a quick guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page. 🖼 Art by Marina Manoukian
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9 months ago
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Looking for a place to submit your poems? Today is the last day our submission window for poetry will be open for the year! Submit by going to our website linked in our bio or visiting our Submittable page. We look forward to seeing your work!
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9 months ago
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This week, we present a preview of "how easy, to take the lungs for granted" which is another poem by Amanda Nicole Corbin. Read the full piece on PJO now.
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9 months ago
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Congratulations to Katie Erbs for "Schrödinger" being today's poem on Poetry Daily! We're so excited and honored to have worked with her here at the Pinch. Check her out on their site today
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9 months ago
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Announcing some of our PJO readers for our upcoming release party! Join us on Sept 27th at novel for fun fiction, poetry, and food from our amazing contributors, both online and in print
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9 months ago
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Announcing our last two PJO readers for our upcoming release party! Join us this Saturday the 27th to hear excerpts from their work and more
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9 months ago
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We're so excited to invite two of our contributors from our print edition coming out this week! Join us on Sept 27th at Novel to hear Whitney Collins and Kelsey D. Mahaffey read excerpts from their work
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9 months ago
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Looking for something fun to read today? Check out our latest poem "on my flight home they make an announcement" by Amanda Nicole Corbin. Read the full poem on our site now!
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9 months ago
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With our release party coming up, we're welcoming back former managing editor Josh Carlucci! We're excited to have him back in town for this event. Join us at Novel on September 27th from 6-8PM for free food and readings from both print and online contributors
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9 months ago
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Join us in celebrating the release of the Pinch Issue 45.2 on Saturday, September 27
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! RSVP on our website now! 📍 novel. bookstore (387 Perkins Extd. Memphis, TN 38117) 🗓 Saturday, September 27 (starting at 6 p.m.) 🖼 Art by Amy Renee Webb
9 months ago
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Our art submissions are open! Here's a quick guide for those wanting to submit art pieces to the Pinch. For more information, please check the link to our Submittable page
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9 months ago
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Congratulations to @themartinsdeep for winning the 2025 Furious Flower Poetry Prize! He'll be doing a reading at James Madison University this Thursday
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9 months ago
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Check out an excerpt from our newest piece "Eclipses" by Jimmy Kindree - then go read the full post on PJO
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9 months ago
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If you love poetry, join us this coming Friday, September 12 @1pm for a reading with Keetje Kuipers! Come out to Patterson 451 to hear some amazing poems and chat
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10 months ago
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"Hover" by Robert Frankel is our newest fiction piece. Read the full story on PJO now.
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10 months ago
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To start August, a new poem. "Rainbow Coat" by Caitlin Cowan is a piece looking back on childhood through the misty and multicolored lens of memory. Read it on PJO now.
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11 months ago
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Looking for something new to read? Check out our latest poem, "Say This" by Lynne Ellis. The full piece is out on PJO. Read it on our site now.
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11 months ago
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Our newest poem, "Some Baleen Whales Have Learned to Sing at Frequencies Too Low for Predators to Hear" by Abby E. Murray, contemplates the coexistence of violence with peace in the context of marine life. Read the full piece on PJO now.
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11 months ago
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"Of Wait" by Elisabeth Preston-Hsu is our latest poem. Read the full piece on PJO now.
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11 months ago
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Read the rest of our newest fiction piece, "Girls Just Wanna Have" by Rachel M. Beavers, out now on PJO.
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12 months ago
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To close out the month of June, "On Coming Out" by Emma Thomas Jones uses natural imagery to reflect upon the feeling of such a singular and distinctive process. Read it on PJO now.
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12 months ago
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A new poem has been published on PJO! Read "I Used to Have Green Thumbs" by Seth Wade on our website now!
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about 1 year ago
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Here is a preview of our latest piece, "Employment History (Partial)" by Sera Gamble. Read the full poem on our site now!
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about 1 year ago
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Read our latest nonfiction piece, “Middle-aged Lesbian Born Late Emerges Enthusiastically to Oblivious World” by Isaman Cann, out now on PJO!
about 1 year ago
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We're thrilled to announce the winners of the Pinch Literary Award in Poetry selected by Raye Hendrix. A big THANK YOU to everyone who sent us their work, and congratulations to the winner McKenzie Teter, and the runners-up Sandra Gómez and Carlina Duan.
about 1 year ago
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It's PJO Monday!! Our newest publication, "Dictionary of Trans Horror Tropes" is a nonfiction piece by Darby Powers. Find this thrilling story at
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to immerse yourself in these tropes!!
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about 1 year ago
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