The Pinch

The Pinch is a literary journal published at the University of Memphis.[1] The journal is published biannually.[2] Work that has appeared in The Pinch has been reprinted in the Best American Essays and Best American Nonrequired Reading.[3] Works previously been published in The Pinch have won a Pushcart Prize.[4]

The Pinch
LanguageEnglish
Edited byCourtney Miller Santo
Publication details
Former name(s)
Memphis State Review, River City
History1980-present
Publisher
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Pinch
Indexing
ISSN0732-2968
Links

The journal was founded by William Page in 1980, under the name Memphis State Review. The journal's name was changed to River City in 1988 and to The Pinch in 2006. (The name "The Pinch" comes from Memphis' old Jewish ghetto, as detailed by Memphis writer Steve Stern.)

Among the writers whose work has appeared in the journal are Margaret Atwood, Robert Bly, Philip Levine, Mary Oliver, Robert Penn Warren, Donald Justice, Marvin Bell, Dinty W. Moore, Adrienne Rich, Lucille Clifton, Mary Gaitskill, John Updike, Jacob M. Appel, Linda Gregerson, Bobbie Ann Mason, George Singleton, James Dickey, Roxane Gay, Beth Ann Fennelly, and Scott Russell Sanders.

Awards
  • Steve Adams' "Touch" was featured in the 2014 Pushcart Prize anthology.
  • Lee Sharkey's "8x8" was featured in the 2013 Pushcart Prize anthology.
  • Michael Poore's "The Street of the House of the Sun" was reprinted in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012.
  • Michelle Seaton's "How To Work a Locker Room" was reprinted in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009.
  • Ander Monson's "Solipsism" was reprinted in Best American Essays 2008.
  • Anis Shivani's "Dubai" was shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize in 2008.
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See also

References
  1. Memphis Flyer on The Pinch
  2. Memphis Commercial Appeal, March 9, 2008
  3. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008
  4. Pushcart Prize Rankings
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