The Pinch
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A biannual literary journal produced by MFA students at the University of Memphis— pinchjournal.com
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:
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.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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:
Submit your new and previously unpublished nonfiction work for consideration!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!
We can't wait to read your work!
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Submit your new and previously unpublished nonfiction work for consideration!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!
We can't wait to read your work!
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
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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
🖼 Art by Justin Williams
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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!
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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!
Congratulations to our nominees and thank you to every writer who continues to make this community thrive.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Congratulations to our nominees and thank you to every writer who continues to make this community thrive.
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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.
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"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.
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.
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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.
Up on PJO today, the poem "Skin Care for Temporary Ghosts" by J.M. Emery. Go to pinchjournal.com to read it!
October 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Up on PJO today, the poem "Skin Care for Temporary Ghosts" by J.M. Emery. Go to pinchjournal.com to read it!
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
#art #pinchjournal #litmag
🖼 Art by Marina Manoukian
#art #pinchjournal #litmag
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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
#art #pinchjournal #litmag
🖼 Art by Marina Manoukian
#art #pinchjournal #litmag
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! #poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
October 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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! #poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
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.
#poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
#poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
September 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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.
#poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
#poetry #pinchjournal #litmag
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 #poetry #poetrydaily #thepinch #pinch
September 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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 #poetry #poetrydaily #thepinch #pinch
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!
#poetry #pinchjournal
#poetry #pinchjournal
September 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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!
#poetry #pinchjournal
#poetry #pinchjournal
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 #pinch #thepinch
September 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Join us in celebrating the release of the Pinch Issue 45.2 on Saturday, September 27 @novelmemphis.bsky.social! 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
📍 novel. bookstore (387 Perkins Extd. Memphis, TN 38117)
🗓 Saturday, September 27 (starting at 6 p.m.)
🖼 Art by Amy Renee Webb
September 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join us in celebrating the release of the Pinch Issue 45.2 on Saturday, September 27 @novelmemphis.bsky.social! 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
📍 novel. bookstore (387 Perkins Extd. Memphis, TN 38117)
🗓 Saturday, September 27 (starting at 6 p.m.)
🖼 Art by Amy Renee Webb
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 #thepinch #pinch #litmag #literarymagazine #artsubmissions
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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 #thepinch #pinch #litmag #literarymagazine #artsubmissions
Check out an excerpt from our newest piece "Eclipses" by Jimmy Kindree - then go read the full post on PJO #pinchjournal #thepinch #litmag #literarymagazine #writing
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Check out an excerpt from our newest piece "Eclipses" by Jimmy Kindree - then go read the full post on PJO #pinchjournal #thepinch #litmag #literarymagazine #writing
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 #visitingwriter #thepinch #thepinchpresents #poetry #reading
September 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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 #visitingwriter #thepinch #thepinchpresents #poetry #reading
"Hover" by Robert Frankel is our newest fiction piece. Read the full story on PJO now.
#pinchjournal #litmag #fiction
#pinchjournal #litmag #fiction
August 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Hover" by Robert Frankel is our newest fiction piece. Read the full story on PJO now.
#pinchjournal #litmag #fiction
#pinchjournal #litmag #fiction