John Blair’s short story “Tickling the Dragon’s Tail” has been named the most recent winner of Big Sky, Small Prose Prize by the University of Montana’s literary magazine, Cutbank. The judge, Daryl Scroggins, wrote, “This is a brilliant work, perfectly orchestrated in its language and themes. I thank you for making it a finalist and giving me the chance to help in pressing it forward.”
Kathleen Peirce’s new collection of poems Lion’s Paw was released February 2nd from Miami University Press. A starred review in Publishers Weekly (www.publishersweekly.com/9781881163688 ) and a feature on the Poetry Society of America’s “In Their Own Words” site (https://poetrysociety.org/features/in-their-own-words/kathleen-peirce-on-this-way ) followed.
Whitney May’s chapter “Topophilic Perversions: Spectral Blackface and Fetishizing Sites of Monstrosity in American Dark Tourism” has been published in Religion, Culture, and the Monstrous: Of Gods and Monsters (Rowman & Littlefield), edited by Natasha L. Mikles and Joseph P. Laycock.
Susan Morrison’s poem “Cathedral” was published in Taj Mahal Review.
Steph Grossman’s short story “Girl in the Forest of Fear” was a finalist for the 2020 CRAFT Elements Contest: Conflict. You can read the short story and an introduction by the editors in CRAFT Literary: https://www.craftliterary.com/2021/02/12/girl-forest-of-fear-steph-grossman/
MATC graduate Meghalee Das was selected as one of ten first-time presenter recipients of the 2021 Scholars for the Dream Travel Awards by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Her article “Key Takeaways and Trends in Remote UX Research” appears in the latest issue of Intercom.
MFA Poetry student Anthony Bradley’s essay “The Alien Horror of Gregg Araki’s NOWHERE” was recently published in Certified Forgotten. You can read the essay here: https://certifiedforgotten.com/gregg-araki-nowhere/