KIM CHINQUEE

OH BABY

2011-02-21T22:20:00.005-05:00

Cover art by Pier Rodelon

"One of the most thrilling things about reading Kim Chinquee’s beautifully tiny stories is the great leaps that she takes between sentences—making the reader leap with her into a world of brief glimpses and bits of dialogue that are full of narrative implications, a world of perfectly chosen details that render the understated emotion of a character’s whole life."--Michael Kimball

"Kim Chinquee has the dead-eye aim and the precision with language that makes her stories hit the mark again and again. They explore the jangling nervous system beneath the ordinary surface of the world, and all the irony, shock, sadness, and hope contained therein. Pitch-perfect writing broadcast on a very real, and wonderful frequency."--Jean Thompson

"While the bricks with which Chinquee constructs her fictions--failed or failing relationships, childhood friendships, the intricacies of family life--are not uncommon, the architecture she creates with them is rare indeed: stories now full of light, now somber, now opening the reader's eyes to an utterly new space."--Cooper Renner

"A wonderful debut collection. Chinquee writes with such precision it stuns how much she gets into a small space. Oh Baby will break your heart in one hundred ways, justlike the 800 page gorilla you didn’t read last week." Frederick Barthelme

Available at Ravenna Press.

PRETTY

2011-02-21T22:18:00.002-05:00

Cover art by Joshua Chinquee.

"There is always a roiling subtext beneath the seemingly placid surfaces and tones of Chinquee's pieces, a dichotomy which speaks to deep truths about the human condition. Kim Chinquee is a true artist with a true vision, and Pretty is a brilliant book."—Robert Olen Butler

"These brief snapshots of conversations manage to seem not like fragments of lost wholes but like vivid distillations of essential dramas, each a variation on the shared subject of thwarted intimacy."—Carl Dennis

"Kim Chinquee writes with remarkable heart and grace. Her wise capsulizings of love’s devastations and of life’s roil and disappointments come at you with a sorrowing precision that comforts even as it haunts." -Gary Lutz

Available at amazon.

BATH

2011-02-15T09:13:00.003-05:00

My story "Bath" (originally published in NOON) is up at The Reprint.

GONE LAWN

2011-02-15T09:11:00.004-05:00

ISSUE THREE IS LIVE, WITH MY PIECES HOLES and EYEWEAR.

THE LITERARIAN

2011-01-26T18:25:00.002-05:00

Happy to be included in the debut issue of The Literarian, in the company of writers Stuart Dybek, Terese Svoboda, Alan Cheuse, Manuel Martinez, Cynthia Ozick, and others. Kudos to editor Dawn Raffel.

PEAR NOIR!

2011-01-22T18:41:00.006-05:00

It's out! Issue Five, with great work by Sheila Heti, Michael Kimball, J. Erin Sweeney, Kevin Moffett, Jen Michalski, Crispin Best, and other fine writers. (and also Kim Chinquee stories, "My Twin Sister," "Hey Brilliance," and "Who We Were.")

THE GOOD MEN PROJECT

2011-01-08T10:30:00.003-05:00

MERCY, SOMEBODY

SOME DAYS HE COULD SEE

2011-01-08T10:11:00.006-05:00

Up at TALKING WRITING: "Some Days He Could See." Lovely issue with the theme of Writing and Music: The Rhythm of Words.

SALSA

2011-01-08T10:04:00.012-05:00

My story, "Salsa," is up at r.kv.r.y. Thanks to editor Mary Akers, and to Kristin Beeler, for her beautiful artwork.

BLIP

2010-10-02T10:37:00.010-04:00

My story "Physics" is up at BLIP MAGAZINE, alongside work by James Robison, Mary Gailskill, Andy Plattner, Ann Bogle, Julie Innis, Brandon Hobson, Dani Shapiro, Marcy Dermansky, and many other fine writers. With a fabulous intro by this issue's editors Sara Lippmann & Gary Percesepe.

PLEASE, JUST COME TO THE DOOR

2010-09-13T22:48:00.003-04:00

My story, "Please Just Come to the Door" is up at Noo Journal. Edited by Girija Tropp, with stories by Grant Bailie and Liesl Jobson.

HE HAS JUICE

2010-08-06T21:06:00.001-04:00

Interview up at The Collagist.

QUEEN!

2010-08-06T21:00:00.002-04:00

Thanks to Greg Gerke, for this fabulous review!

THE LIFTED BROW

2010-05-15T09:04:00.003-04:00

THE LIFTED BROW 7 has stories by Diane Williams, Jimmy Chen, others, and my Queens, Broadway and Union Station.

SALT HILL

2010-05-15T09:00:00.003-04:00

SALT HILL 25 is out, with my stories, "Bedrock" and It Wasn't Supposed to Be Permanent.

PRETTY PRAISE

2010-05-15T08:57:00.000-04:00

From the lovely Katrina Denza.

ANATOMY OF A FLASH

2010-04-19T22:35:00.000-04:00

AT THE BIG OTHER.

NOON 2010

2010-03-12T13:40:00.003-05:00

Is out, with a stellar line-up, and amazing blow-me-away stories.

A PRETTY PRETTY REVIEW

2010-03-12T13:39:00.003-05:00

By the generous and talented Matt Bell.

PRETTY IS IN

2010-02-25T09:13:00.010-05:00

For signed copies, email kimchinquee(at)gmail.com

MISSISSIPPI REVIEW FLASH ISSUE

2010-01-12T09:10:00.001-05:00

Is live, guest-edited by Kim Chinquee.

JANUARY ELIMAE

2010-01-10T10:45:00.003-05:00

It's live!

My first issue as fiction/nonfiction editor.

ELIMAE

2009-11-23T09:52:00.004-05:00

elimae

Says the great elimae editor Cooper Renner: "Beginning with the January 2010 issue, noted writer and teacher Kim Chinquee will be editor for fiction and creative nonfiction at elimae. Writers should make their submissions in those fields to Kim beginning on November 30 at kimchinquee (at) gmail (dot) com. Cooper Renner will remain editor for poetry, literary essays and reviews, and interviews."

QUICK FICTION

2009-11-23T09:48:00.003-05:00

You Look Good!

FLASH AWAY!

2009-10-27T20:19:00.003-04:00

Mississippi Review

January 2010 Issue

Kim Chinquee is editing a special collection of flash fictions for the January 2010 issue of MR online. She's looking for pieces not more than 750 words. Send to flash@mississippireview.com as attachments in MS Word format or in the body of your e-mail. Submissions accepted Nov 1-Dec 15.

THE BIG OTHER

2009-10-27T20:14:00.000-04:00

Need I say more?

NIAGARA FALLS HALF MARATHON

2009-10-25T17:56:00.003-04:00

Niagara Falls International Marathon

My results are here!

AND NOW

2009-10-12T17:03:00.003-04:00

This year's annual AND NOW Conference will be held Oct 14-17 in Buffalo, New York.

I'll be presenting with Bill Walsh, Matt Bell, Tom Lafarge, Noam Mor, Pedro Ponce and Wendy Walker on “RE: Telling: Making Narratives with Borrowed Characters, Familiar Settings, Classic Plots, Mimicked Modes and Reclaimed Themes”

INFO HERE

60 WRITERS / 60 PLACES

2009-10-12T16:19:00.002-04:00

60 WRITERS/60 PLACES

SEND! THE COLLAGIST FLASH FICTION CONTEST

2009-09-15T00:15:00.002-04:00

I'm Judging for the flash fiction contest at The Collagist. And there's a new fabulous issue out. Just look! It's pretty amazing.

EVERYDAY GENIUS

2009-08-17T01:53:00.005-04:00

My story Blast is up at Everyday Genius, guest edited by the famous Michael Kimball. The very kind Adam Robinson has some nice things to say at Publishing Genius. Many thanks!

THE COLLAGIST

2009-08-17T01:13:00.003-04:00

My stories On The Wheel, We Decided Not to Give Them Faces, and I Was There For the Team are up at The Collagist, along with fine work by Gordon Lish, Chris Bachelder, Kevin Wilson, Matthew Salesses, Oliver de la Paz, David McLendon, Laird Hunt, and many others.

NOO JOURNAL

2009-08-17T01:05:00.002-04:00

My story One Below is up at Noo Journal, along with great work by Bonnie ZoBell, Beth Thomas, Matt Bell, Clay Matthews, Peter Schwartz, Ron Padget, Amy King, Jason Bredle, and many others.

THE FLORIDA REVIEW

2009-07-28T10:51:00.002-04:00

The Florida Review 34.1 is now available, with work from Erin Flanagan, Susan Lilley, Terri Witek, Jim Ruland, Marcia Aldrich, John Bohannon, Kelly Cherry, Tyler Enfield, Michael Pettit, Lili Wright, Sabra Loomis, Dennis Nurkse, Patricia Foster, and others. This issue includes my book review of Steven Wingate's Wifeshopping.

FAST FORWARD

2009-07-28T09:39:00.004-04:00

Fast Forward 2 is now available, with flash fiction from Linh Dinh, Gloria Frym, Luke Geddes, Greg Gerke, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, William Haywood Henderson, Barbara Henning, Kona Morris, Jayne Anne Phillips, Lee Upton, Kim Chinquee, and many other writers.

GRANDMA'S MARATHON

2009-07-14T09:25:00.005-04:00

26.2

Duluth, Minnesota, June 20, 2009.

KEYHOLE DIGEST

2009-07-14T09:19:00.006-04:00

The July Keyhole Digest is up with stories by Kathy Fish, Scott Garson, David Erlewine, Kim Chinquee, Robert Krut and Suzanne Lamb.

WEB CONJUNCTIONS

2009-07-08T18:38:00.002-04:00

Web Conjunctions has three of my pieces up: She Had No Costume, We Were There to Clean Up, and He Has Juice.

WILLOW SPRINGS 64

2009-06-29T18:13:00.003-04:00

Willow Springs 64 is out! With fiction by Heather Brittain Bergstrom, Kim Chinquee, Marko Constans, Stacia Saint Owens, Lists by Blake Butler, Poetry by Todd Boss, Dean Young, John Hodgen and others, and interviews by Mark Childress and Dorianne Laux.

FIELD GUIDE TO FLASH FICTION

2009-05-17T14:38:00.003-04:00

It's out. Click Read an Excerpt, to read an excerpt by yours truly.

THE ALEMBIC

2009-05-12T00:44:00.002-04:00

The Spring 2009 issue of Providence College's The Alembic is available, with work by Alex BetGeorge, Matthew Miller, Dan Newman, Kelly Smith, Patricia Slonina Vieira, Kim Chinquee, Ryan Kennedy, Jesse Mack, Carol Frith, Rabiul Hasan, James Engel, Andrei Guruianu, Jules Gibbs, R.T. Castleberry, Kevin Leonard, Peter Johnson, Irene O'Garden, Ryan Kennedy, Julian Fenn, Kenneth Pobo, Lowell Jaeger, Chard deNiord, Aaron Fagan, Biman Roy, Jane Lunin Perel, Francine Witte, Bobby Bretz, Mary Pelletier, Matthew Longobardi, Eric Sung, Elizabeth Reilly, Celina Martinez, Leeyanne Moore, Dwight Hilson, Bryan Tarpley, Katie Caliva, Ashwin Parulkar, Samantha McVay, Giselle Youssef, Vivian Chen and Tom McFadden.

THE TUSCULUM REVIEW

2009-05-04T12:25:00.003-04:00

Volume 5, 2009 is out, including work from writers Adam Clay, Richard Greenfield, Michael Martone, Justin Marks, Clay Matthews, Kellie Wells, John Estes, and others. Including my pieces, "He Said Ah-Ha," "He Leaned," and "He Was a Figure." Copies available here.

KNOCK

2009-04-29T10:11:00.004-04:00

KNOCK 11 is out, with pieces by Pasha Malla, Marcy Dermansky, Cris Mazza and others. You can preview my pieces "Tree" and "Whirl" here.

ONLINE WRITING: BEST OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS / KGB PRELAUNCH

2009-04-28T15:42:00.005-04:00

ONLINE WRITING: BEST OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS, of which I am co-editor with Doug Martin, is available for pre-order on amazon.

And celebrating its prelaunch, authors Carol Novak, Susan Henderson, Anthony Tognazzini, Holly Tavel, Christine Boyka Kluge, and Kim Chinquee will be reading at the KGB BAR in NYC, on May 22, 2009, from 7-9 pm.

"It's great to see another anthology of fiction and poetry originally published on the Web. Snow*Vigate's Online Writing: The Best of the First Ten Years looks like a terrific introduction." Frederick Barthelme --

"The internet machine has been a great boon to innovative writing and it's wonderful to see so much of it collected here in book form." Michael Kimball --

With 113 writers and 56 online journals included, this collection of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction gathers the best in online writing since its inception. The following writers appear in the anthology: Megan R. Anderson, Arlene Ang, Robyn Art , Sefi Atta , David Baratier, Christopher Barnes, Sandra Beasley, Brian Beatty, Matt Bell, Aimee Bender, Jon Bonomo, Eric Bosse, John Bradley, Matthew Brennan, Brigitte Byrd, Tania Casselle, Jennifer Chapis, Kim Chinquee, Dave Clapper, Brian Clements, Peter Conners, Joshua Corey, Bruce Covey, Darla Crist, Steve Davenport, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Jamey Dunham, Tom Dvorske, Jessica Dyer, Suzanne Edison, Christy Effinger, Rebecca Eggleston, Pia Ehrhardt, Cooper Esteban, Brian Evenson, Kathy Fish, Geoffrey Gatza, Angela Genusa, Victor Gischler, Noah Eli Gordon, Daniel Grandbois, Arielle Greenberg, Blaine Greteman, Matt Hart, Kyley Hedges, Susan Henderson, Lily Hoang, Jill Hoffman, Joanna Howard, Barbara Jacksha, Liesl Jobson, Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis, Sean Kilpatrick, Richard S. King, Ron Klassnik, Christine Boyka Kluge, Jeff Landon, Darby Larson, Norman Lock, Alexander Long, Sarah Long, George Looney, Robert Lopez, Ben Marcus, Peter Markus, Doug Martin, Michael Martone, Nicola Mason, Joyelle McSweeney, Pamela Miller, Suchoon Mo, Ander Monson, Dinty W. Moore, Sheila Murphy, Darlin Neal, Jessica Newman, A. Ray Norsworthy, Phoebe North, Carol Novack, Brian Ownbey, Anne Panning, Ethan Paquin, Aimee Parkison, Ted Pelton, Erin Pringle, Kevin Sampsell, Jaya Savige, Davis Schneiderman, Lisa Kahn Schnell, Daryl Scroggins, Peter Jay Shippy, Gail Louise Siegel, Chad Simpson, Claudia Smith, Carrie Spell, Rusty W. Spell, Michael Stewart, Holly Tavel, Anthony Tognazzini, MikeTopp, Lowell Torres, Girija Tropp, Mark Tursi, Jane Unrue, Arisa White, Derek White, Dara Wier, Diane Williams, Max Winter, Theodore Worozbyt, Mark Yakich, Mike Young, Corey Zeller

NEW YORK TYRANT

2009-04-28T15:26:00.002-04:00

Volume 2, Number 3 is now available, with new fiction by Daryl Scroggins, Ronald Hobbs, Jody Barton, Greg Mulcahy, Erich Hintze, Scott Garson, Christopher Kennedy, Jesse Ball, Daniel Grandbois, Cooper Renner, Michael Hemmingson, Darby Larson, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Christine Schutt, Ken Sparling, Robert Lopez, S.G. Miller, Atticus Lish, Michael Leone, Kim Chinquee, Anthony Luebbert, Rachel Sherman, Jason Snyder, Kevin Sampsell, Diane Williams, Justin Taylor, Jessica Anya Blau.

(It's pretty amazing.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, AGAIN

2009-04-23T22:15:00.003-04:00

My story, "Happy Birthday to Me," published in Bear Creek Feed, is a storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Story of 2008.

FRIGG MAGAZINE

2009-04-23T22:07:00.002-04:00

The all microfiction issue of Frigg Magazine is up, featuring work by Randall Brown, Kim Chinquee, Mary Miller, Jennifer Pieroni, Kathy Fish, Lydia Copeland, Tiff Holland, Barry Graham, Joseph Young, Scott Garson, Kim Parko and Meg Pokrass.

WAVELAND

2009-04-06T22:40:00.004-04:00

Another great one, by the great great Frederick Barthelme.

DO NOT DENY ME

2009-04-06T19:34:00.002-04:00

From Publisher's Weekly:
(the amazing Jean Thompson!)

Do Not Deny Me: Stories Jean Thompson. Simon & Schuster, $14 paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-4165-9563-2

National Book Award–finalist Thompson (for Who Do You Love) delivers a deeply affecting collection that elevates the quotidian to the sublime. In the title story, Julia, a young woman “embarrassed” for “people [who] talked about guardian angels or spirit guides,” visits a psychic after her boyfriend dies. Faced with the ability to access the world beyond, she recoils sharply. The collection goes on to explore a bewildering array of experience, from a young wife denying her husband’s white-collar crimes in “Liberty Tax” to the concerned neighbor of “Little Brown Bird” who is powerless to help a little girl being molested by her father. In “Escape,” a man who has suffered a stroke finds himself at the mercy of his increasingly abusive wife. Determined to get away from her, he’s pleasantly shocked when she solves his problem in a way he never counted on. Thompson immerses readers in details and emotions so consuming and convincing that the inane vagaries of modern life can take on near mythic importance. This collection shows the confidence and power of a writer in her prime. (June)

FIELD GUIDE TO FLASH FICTION

2009-04-04T15:40:00.003-04:00

Time to pre-order The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field. Edited by Tara L. Masih

ISBN: 978-0-9789848-6-1
$15.95

AVAILABLE MID-MAY 2009
PREORDER NOW!

FEATURING ESSAYS FROM:
Steve Almond • Rusty Barnes • Randall Brown • Mark Budman • Stace Budzko • Robert Olen Butler • Ron Carlson •Pamelyn Casto • Kim Chinquee • Stuart Dybek • Pia Z. Ehrhardt • Sherrie Flick • Vanessa Gebbie • Tom Hazuka •Nathan Leslie • Michael Martone • Julio Ortega • Pamela Painter • Jayne Anne Phillips • Jennifer Pieroni • Shouhua Qi • Bruce Holland Rogers • Robert Shapard • Deb Olin Unferth • Lex Williford

"With its unprecedented gathering of 25 brief essays by experts in the field, The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction meets the growing need for a concise yet creative exploration of the re-emerging genre popularly known as flash fiction. The book's introduction provides, for the first time, a comprehensive history of the short short story, from its early roots and hitherto unknown early publications and appearances, to its current state and practice. This guide is a must for anyone in the field of short fiction who teaches, writes, and is interested in its genesis and practice."

2009-03-23T21:56:00.001-04:00

More.com reviews NOON.

JOE MILFORD POETRY SHOW

2009-03-22T22:44:00.001-04:00

I'm up, with the Rooftop Poets, at the Joe Milford Poetry Show.

NOON 2009

2009-03-15T09:48:00.002-04:00

The Tenth Anniversary Edition of NOON is now available! Edited by Diane Williams, this issue includes work by Peter Altenberg, Kim Chinquee, Rebecca Curtis, Lydia Davis, Brandon Hobson, Tao Lin, Gary Lutz, Clancy Martin, Buzz Mauro, Greg Mulcahy, Dylan Nice, Kathryn Scanlan, Christine Schutt, Matt Sumell, Deb Olin Unferth, Rob Walsh and Mika Yamamoto.

AMERICAN SHORT FICTION

2009-02-20T22:53:00.002-05:00

The Spring 2009 issue of American Short Fiction is out, with my story, "She Was OK Now." Along with some great work by Joyce Carol Oates, Joe Wenderoth, Paul Yoon, Amelia Gray, Smith Henderson, Rachel Glaser, Desmond Hogan and Evan Rehill.

BATEAU

2009-02-20T22:48:00.003-05:00

Bateau is now available, with my pieces, "Boy," "It Was Probably Just Us," and "She Went Down Again." Also is work from Blake Butler, Jennifer Pieroni, Pedro Ponce, Jason Tandon, JP Dancing Bear, and others.

ELIMAE, 3AM MAGAZINE

2009-02-20T22:43:00.002-05:00

I've got new stories up at elimae (Stop It, For the Moon, and It Could Have Been Serious). In the fine company of many others!

Also, up at 3AM Magazine is "He Was So Clean Otherwise."

RUI vs. AWP

2009-02-09T21:07:00.001-05:00

From 7-10 p.m. on Weds., Feb. 11 for RUI vs AWP: Battle of the Acronyms, which features readings by writers and editors from the Associated Writing Programs 2009 Conference (which begins Feb. 11 at the Hilton). In the back room at Sheffield's, 3258 N. Sheffield Ave. There's a $3 cover.

13 readers performing original short works, with one trivia question (for a prize!) at the end of each reading. Featured readers include:

From Dzanc Books--Michael Czyzniejewski, (author of the newly released “Elephants in Our Bedroom” and co-editor in chief of Mid-America Review), Matt Bell of Monkeybicycle, an imprint of Dzanc, and Kyle Minor; from Juked--John Wang (founder and editor) and Lindsay Walker (poetry editor); and from Smokelong Quarterly (flash fiction)--Kim Chinquee, Dave Clapper (founder and editor), Sean Lovelace, Darlin' Neal, Gail Siegel, and Donna D. Vitucci.

Also featuring local writer Amy Guth (founder of Pilcrow Literary Festival and managing editor of So New Media); and RUI's newest regular member, Gabe Levinson (creator of SomethingToRead.net and the Book Bike).

QUICKIES!

2009-02-09T17:58:00.000-05:00

QUICKIES!
the AWP Spectacular!

featuring:
Peter Markus
Robert Lopez and Sam Ligon
Blake Butler
Kim Chinquee
Brian Evenson
Brian Kubarycz
Lindsay Hunter
Joe Salvatore
Andrew Richmond
Janet Desaulniers
Mary Hamilton
Jac Jemc
and Sean Lovelace
featuring Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf

THURSDAY, February 12
The Innertown Pub
Chicago
7:30 pm

http://quickieschicago.blogspot.com

EXHIBIT X

2009-01-25T09:04:00.004-05:00

I will be reading with Forrest Roth at Hallwalls on February 4, 2009 at 7 pm, for Just Buffalo's Exhibit X Fiction and Prose Series.

OH BABY, WORD SPACES AND HTML GIANT

2009-01-21T17:35:00.005-05:00

Ryan Call features my Word Spaces (with an Oh Baby giveaway) at HTMLGIANT.

QUICK FICTION 14

2009-01-15T13:47:00.004-05:00

Is available with pieces by Steve Almond, Randall Brown, Kathy Fish, Mary Miller, Pamela Painter, Kim Chinquee and others.

GUERNICA MAG

2009-01-15T13:43:00.001-05:00

Posts four of my short pieces.

MUD LUSCIOUS, TAKE TWO

2009-01-05T00:07:00.003-05:00

Thanks to all who pre-ordered. The Chinquee, Kimball, Jemc trio is sold out!

MUD LUSCIOUS

2008-12-31T10:26:00.003-05:00

Available for pre-order, to be shipped on January 15th. Two dollars. "Like it Was Her Place" by Kim Chinquee. The trio also includes the talented writers Michael Kimball and Jac Jemc.

THE HOUSE OF YOUR DREAM in review

2008-12-29T11:00:00.007-05:00

Ryan Call reviews The House of Your Dream at New Pages.

PUERTO DEL SOL

2008-12-29T10:19:00.007-05:00

The Winter 2009 issue of Puerto del Sol is available.

This one includes my story, "She Was Okay Now," and work by George Looney, Sam Witt, Catherine Daly, Tara Bray and many other fine writers.

THE TUSCULUM REVIEW

2008-12-24T12:12:00.007-05:00

The Tusculum Review features Kim Chinquee.

More Chinquee stories forthcoming in the print issue.

ALIMENTUM: THE LITERATURE OF FOOD

2008-12-22T14:15:00.005-05:00

Alimentum: The Literature of Food's Issue Seven is out, with pieces by Kim Chinquee, James Crews, Jehanne Dubrow, Richard Foerester, Stephen Gibson, Kiki Petrosino, Alison Townsend and many others.

KEYHOLE #5

2008-12-22T14:08:00.005-05:00

Keyhole's Handwritten Issue Includes handwritten pieces by Matt Bell, Aaron Burch, Blake Butler, Kim Chinquee, Kathy Fish, Corey Mesler, Elizabeth Ellen, Claudia Smith, Kevin Sampsell, William Walsh, and many others.

SMOKING

2008-12-16T12:05:00.002-05:00

Meg Pokrass interviews me at Smokelong Quarterly.

FIVE FICTIONS

2008-12-15T09:14:00.005-05:00

I've got Five Fictions up in the December elimae. Also some great work by Jennifer Pieroni, Randall Brown, Bonnie ZoBell and many others.

PUSHCART PRIZE 2009

2008-12-08T08:53:00.007-05:00

The Pushcart Prize XXXIII is out. Got my copy in the mail, and am enjoying many of the fine stories and essays and poems. And thanks to the prize for the "Special Mention" of my story Shot Girls published in the Mississippi Review.

CAKETRAIN

2008-11-16T10:59:00.007-05:00

Caketrain's issue six is out (and looks pretty amazing). Includes work by Michael Kimball, Norman Lock, Kim Chinquee, Shane Jones, Ryan Call, Brian Foley, Joshua Ware, Sara Levine, Jac Jemc, Forrest Roth, Kate Hill Cantrill, and etc.

THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVIEW

2008-11-15T20:46:00.004-05:00

The Fall 2008 South Carolina Review is out, celebrating 40 years! With my story, "Olives and Fruit," and fine work by many great writers such as Vivian Shipley, Mark Spencer, Adam Vines, Anis Shivani, James Reitter, John Lane, Wayne Chapman, Gary Finke, and several others.

SIDEBROW ANTHOLOGY

2008-11-15T20:33:00.009-05:00

Sidebrow's Anthology is out, including work by Brian Evenson, Jimmy Chen, Noah Eli Gordon, Norman Lock, Kim Chinquee, Greg Mulcahy, AE Reiff, Nina Shope, Ed Skoog, Cole Swenson, Derek White, Joshua Marie Wilkinson and others.

BURCHFIELD-PENNEY ART CENTER'S 31-HOUR GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION

2008-11-15T09:33:00.002-05:00

Starting on November 22.

In the Orion Café area performances from local poets and musicians, including: Irene Sipos, Dennis Reed, Marlene Mathews, David Lampe, David Landrey, Sally Fehskens, Nikki Carroll, Carol Townsend, John Brady, Peter Ramos, Paul Todaro, and Kim Chinquee.

NOVEMBER ELIMAE

2008-11-15T09:16:00.004-05:00

I'm in here with my pieces: "If I Was Hungry," "She Was Fasting," "Her Stomach Was a Monster," and "He Saw Inside Her." Great issue, with work by Lydia Copeland, Brandon Hobson, Jimmy Chen, Brian Beatty, Elizabeth Ellen, Bob Thurber, J.A. Tyler, Jared Wahlgren, and many others.

ARTSBEAT

2008-11-11T12:30:00.002-05:00

Bob Pohl does a review of my work, and preview of my reading in the Buffalo News ARTSBEAT.

ROOFTOP

2008-11-09T19:27:00.004-05:00

Reading by Alessandro Porco and Kim Chinquee: November 12, International Students Reading Area, Butler Library, Buffalo State College, 4:30 pm.

Rooftop Poetry Reading Series

DIRE READER

2008-11-06T06:50:00.002-05:00

Reading. November 7, 2008 in Cambridge, MA with Michael Kimball and Jason Tandon.

Tim Gager's DIRE LITERARY SERIES

MUD LUSCIOUS

2008-11-06T06:41:00.004-05:00

From j.a. tyler's ML PRESS:

ml press publishes limited edition, single author, single work, chap style volumes of poetry & prose

ml press is glad to announce that we have volumes forthcoming from:
sam pink
james chapman
michael kimball
kim chinquee
& norman lock.

available for pre-order:
blake butler:
IN THE RAPE YEAR OF THE GHETTO TODDLER THE HOUSES WILL AWAKEN
brandi wells:
PATIENCE
nick antosca:
RAT BEAST

and SOLD OUT:
ken baumann : Y2K
jimmy chen : footnote1
shane jones : black kids in lemon trees

THE LITERARY JOURNAL WITH A VISUAL EDGE

2008-10-28T17:20:00.006-04:00

What a beautiful journal. Today I received my copies of Short Fiction, a journal published by The University of Plymouth Press in the UK. Some gorgeous photography and artwork and stories. Each issue includes Illustrations for each writer's work.

My stories "No One Was With Him" and "Honey By the Spoonfuls" are accompanied by this beautiful illustration by Ben Aslett.

FICTIONAUT

2008-10-26T15:02:00.001-04:00

What is it?

Fictionaut.

OCTOBER ELIMAE

2008-10-15T15:21:00.003-04:00

Another great issue, with pieces by Kyle Minor, Paul Lisicky, Brian Beatty, Forrest Roth, J.A. Tlyer, many others, and some Chinquee.

My four fictions: Cross, She Used to Have Nails, She Wanted to Say Thank You, and All Her Ribbons.

FLASH FICTION ANTHOLOGY

2008-10-14T20:01:00.003-04:00

Today: DOGZPLOT FLASH FICTION ANTHOLOGY in the mail. A nice, compact, pretty journal edited by Barry Graham, with stories by Matt Bell, Aaron Burch, Kim Chinquee, Elizabeth Ellen, Heather Fowler, Barry Graham, Stefan Keisbye, Chad Simpson, Claudia Smith, Kim Teeple, Beth Thomas, Simon Smith, J.A. Tyler, and many more.

FIVE STAR LITERARY STORIES AND SNOWVIGATE AND KIM CHINQUEE

2008-10-14T14:02:00.004-04:00

Five Star Literary Stories reviews my story "Down the Road" from Snowvigate.

THE BEST OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS (COMING SOON)

2008-09-27T16:58:00.002-04:00

ONLINE WRITING: THE BEST OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS

Edited by Doug Martin and Kim Chinquee, with an introduction by Brian Evenson
Snowvigate Press (forthcoming in January 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0-9820840-0-7
ISBN-10: 0-9820840-0-5

We have selected all of the writers who will appear in our forthcoming print anthology of online writing, although we do still have to put the final touches on layout and work toward non-profit status.

Here are the 112 writers who will be included:

Megan R. Anderson-Hammond, Arlene Ang, Robyn Art , Sefi Atta , David Baratier, Christopher Barnes, Sandra Beasley, Brian Beatty, Matt Bell, Aimee Bender, Jon Bonomo, Eric Bosse, John Bradley, Matthew Brennan, Brigitte Byrd, Tania Casselle, Jennifer Chapis, Kim Chinquee, Dave Clapper, Brian Clements, Peter Conners, Joshua Corey, Bruce Covey, Darla Crist, Steve Davenport, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Jamey Dunham, Tom Dvorske, Jessica Dyer, Suzanne Edison, Christy Effinger, Rebecca Eggleston, Pia Ehrhardt, Cooper Esteban, Brian Evenson, Kathy Fish, Geoffrey Gatza, Angela Genusa, Victor Gischler, Noah Eli Gordon, Daniel Grandbois, Arielle Greenberg, Blaine Greteman, Matt Hart, Kyley Hedges, Susan Henderson, Lily Hoang, Jill Hoffman, Joanna Howard, Barbara Jacksha, Liesl Jobson, Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis, Sean Kilpatrick, Richard S. King, Ron Klassnik, Christine Boyka Kluge, Jeff Landon, Darby Larson, Norman Lock, Alexander Long, Sarah Long, George Looney, Robert Lopez, Ben Marcus, Peter Markus, Doug Martin, Michael Martone, Nicola Mason, Joyelle McSweeney, Pamela Miller, Suchoon Mo, Ander Monson, Dinty W. Moore, Sheila Murphy, Darlin’ Neal, Jessica Newman, Phoebe North, Carol Novack, Brian Ownbey, Anne Panning, Ethan Paquin, Aimee Parkison, Ted Pelton, Erin Pringle, Kevin Sampsell, Jaya Savige, Davis Schneiderman, Lisa Kahn Schnell, Daryl Scroggins, Peter Jay Shippy, Gail Louise Siegel, Chad Simpson, Claudia Smith, Carrie Spell, Rusty W. Spell, Michael Stewart, Holly Tavel, Anthony Tognazzini, MikeTopp, Lowell Torres, Girija Tropp, Mark Tursi, Jane Unrue, Arisa White, Derek White, Dara Wier, Diane Williams, Max Winter, Theodore Worozbyt, Mark Yakich, Mike Young, Corey Zeller

Here are the 55 online journals where the work first appeared:

Action, Yes, eds. Johannes Göransson, Joyelle McSweeney, and John Dermot Woods.
Adirondack Review, ed. Diane Goettel.
Big Toe Review, ed. Joshua Michael Stewart.
Blackbird,eds. Gregory Donovan and Mary Flinn.
Blue Fifth Review, ed. Sam Rasnake.
BREVITY, ed. Dinty W. Moore.
Caffeine Destiny, ed. Susan Denning.
Coconut, ed. Bruce Covey.
Dark Sky Magazine, eds. Adrienne Antonson , Kevin Murphy, and Boo Gilder.
The Del Sol Review, ed. Michael Neff.
DIAGRAM, ed. Ander Monson.
Double Room, eds. Peter Connors and Mark Tursi.
Exquisite Corpse, ed. Andrei Codrescu.
Eleven Bulls, eds. Peter Nelson and Jenny Campbell.
elimae, eds. Deron Bauman and Cooper Renner.
failbetter, ed. Thom Didato.
5_trope, eds. Gunnar Benediktsson and Joel Chace.
FRiGG, ed. Ellen Parker.
GH O TI, ed. CL Bledsoe.
Hot Metal Bridge, eds. Kelly Ramsey and Ashleigh Pedersen.
In Posse Review, ed. Tatyana Mishel.
Jacket, ed. John Tranter.
kaleidowhirl, ed. Cynthia Reynolds.
La Petite Zine, eds. Jeffrey Salane and Danielle Pafunda.
Literary Mama, eds. Amy Hudock and Caroline Grant.
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, eds. John Warner and Christopher Monks.
Mad Hatters’ Review, ed. Carol Novack.
MiPOesias, eds. Didi Menendez and Amy King.
MississippiReview.com, ed. Frederick Barthelme.
Painted Bride Quarterly, eds. Kathleen Volk Miller and MarionWrenn.
Perihelion, ed. Joan Houlihan.
Pindeldyboz, ed. Whitney Pastorek.
Poetryetc, ed. John Kinsella.
Potion Magazine, ed. Susan Lantz.
The Potomac, eds. Nathan Leslie and Michael Neff.
RealPoetik, ed. Ana Bozicevic.
Salome Magazine, eds. Jessica Taylor and Dahlia Lithwick.
The Salt River Review, eds. Lynda Schor and James Cervantes.
Shampoo, ed. Del Ray Cross.
Slope, ed. Ethan Paquin.
SmokeLong Quarterly, ed. Dave Clapper.
Snow*Vigate, eds. Doug Martin and John Colvin.
Softblow, eds. Christopher Ujine Ong and Jason Wee.
Stickman Review, ed. Anthony Brown.
storySouth, eds. Jason Sanford and Jake Adam York.
Tarpaulin Sky, ed. Christian Peet.
Thieves Jargon, ed. Matt DiGangi.
Unlikely 2.0, eds. Jonathan Penton and David Chislett.
Unpleasant Event Schedule, ed. Daniel Nester.
Web Conjunctions, ed. Bradford Morrow.
Wicked Alice, ed. Kristy Bowen.
Word Riot, ed. Jackie Corley.
Words on Walls, eds. Ariana-Sophia M. Kartsonis and Katherine L. Wright.
Yankee Pot Roast, eds. Josh Abraham, Geoff Wolinetz, and Nick Jezarian.
zafusy, ed. Jody Porter.

The book should be out by early January 2009.

The print work is meant to serve as a portal for those who are shy of the virtual world. In the end, each of the stories and poems included here is a thread meant to be pulled: this anthology is not only a record of the kinds of things going on in online writing at a certain moment; it is an invitation to fire up your computer and look at given sites and find more work by authors you like. This anthology is a gateway drug. So, if you’re under the impression that nothing interesting is going on in online writing then keep reading: this is the book that intends to prove you wrong.

from the “Introduction to Online Writing” by Brian Evenson

RIP

2008-09-14T22:33:00.003-04:00

Reginald Shepherd.

David Foster Wallace.

Such sad, tragic news. Literary heroes, you will be missed.

THE HOUSE OF YOUR DREAM

2008-09-11T10:52:00.003-04:00

It's officially out, and wow. It's gorgeous.

From an earlier post:

An International Anthology of Prose Poetry (Marie Alexander Poetry Series) edited by Robert Alexander and Dennis Maloney

"The House of Your Dream is an international collection of prose poetry drawn from over thirty years of prose poetry publications by White Pine Press. The anthology is unique in its diversity and includes voices from Europe, Asia, South America, and the U.S."

Writers: Nin Andrews, Robert Bly, Maxine Chernoff, Ales Debeljak, Russell Edson, Maureen Gibbon, Marie Harris, Holly Iglesias, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Peter Johnson, Mary A. Koncel, Kathleen McGookey, Kim Kwang Kyu, Chonggi Mah, Morton Marcus, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Naomi Shihab Nye, Vern Rutsala, Charles Simic, Madelon Sprengnether, Alison Townsend, Tomas Transtromer, James Wright, and more, including me.

You can order it here.

GANDER PRESS REVIEW

2008-09-10T07:09:00.003-04:00

The Fall/winter 2008 issue is live, and can be downloaded in PDF format here, and print copies are available at Amazon. This one includes my pieces, "The Way I Saw Him," and "They Didn't Have Much Longer." Also work by Wyn Cooper, Christopher Meeks and many others.

NO COLONY

2008-09-09T20:44:00.003-04:00

Also in today's mail: the much awaited No Colony. Issue One! With work by:

Nick Antosca Daniel Bailey Jesse Ball Ken Baumann
Matt Bell Ryan Call Jimmy Chen Kim Chinquee
Giancarlo DiTrapano Brian Evenson Brandon Scott Gorrell
Jac Jemc Shane Jones Sean Kilpatrick Michael Kimball
Tao Lin Robert Lopez Josh Maday Miranda Mellis
Sam Pink Matthew Simmons Justin Taylor J.A. Tyler
Brandi Wells Derek White John Dermot Woods Mike Young

This one includes my piece, "Above the Limit."

HOBART

2008-09-09T20:40:00.004-04:00

Check it out! In my mail today, the smashing Hobart. Games issue. With fine work by Jennifer Pieroni, Mary Miller, Matt Bell, Barry Graham, Brandi Wells, E.P. Chiew, Stefan Kiesbye, Joe Wenderoth, Mike Alber, and so much more! Also includes my stories, "Rummy," "Poker," and "Scrabble."

POST ROAD

2008-09-04T09:35:00.003-04:00

Post Road 16 is out, with some amazing pieces by Diane Williams, Margo Rabb, Judith Page, Tod Goldberg, Alice Hoffman, Noy Holland, David Hollander, Kirsten Menger-Anderson, David Leavitt, Robert Olen Butler, and many others. This issue includes my pieces, "Body Language," "Balloons and Clowns and Popcorn" and "Mash." You can subscribe here.

DOING EVERYTHING

2008-08-29T11:16:00.003-04:00

My story, Doing Everything, is live at The Pedestal Magazine. Also is great work by others, including Cheryl Chambers!

MY LIFE ON A POSTCARD

2008-08-26T18:14:00.003-04:00

The brilliant and prolific Michael Kimball writes my life on a postcard.

Thanks, Michael.

POSH

2008-08-23T22:35:00.001-04:00

My story Posh Dolls is up at Wigleaf.

JESUS CHRIST

2008-08-17T10:42:00.004-04:00

Flash writer Sean Lovelace compares my writing to Jesus Christ. Thanks to Sean for the close reading.

ELIMAE AUGUST

2008-08-15T19:33:00.003-04:00

It's up again and I'm up again with five stories I Had Time to Kill, Basic Training, He Went to Her: Oh Baby, The Lot Was Almost Empty, and She Felt Like Being Messy. Also ones by Jennifer Pieroni, Greg Mulcahy, Nathan Leslie, Bob Thurber and many others!

KEYHOLE

2008-08-12T03:52:00.003-04:00

My story Globe is up at Keyhole. Also in this issue: Blake Butler interviews Tao Lin, Jonathan Bergey interviews William Walsh, and work by Thomas Cooper and Alexandra Zobel!

TENDERONI

2008-08-03T20:48:00.001-04:00

My pieces, He Didn't Pull the Weeds Out, Tenderoni, Mazurka and Blink are live at 3 AM.

KIM CHINQUEE

OH BABY

PRETTY

BATH

GONE LAWN

THE LITERARIAN

PEAR NOIR!

THE GOOD MEN PROJECT

SOME DAYS HE COULD SEE

SALSA

BLIP

PLEASE, JUST COME TO THE DOOR

HE HAS JUICE

QUEEN!

THE LIFTED BROW

SALT HILL

PRETTY PRAISE

ANATOMY OF A FLASH

NOON 2010

A PRETTY PRETTY REVIEW

PRETTY IS IN

MISSISSIPPI REVIEW FLASH ISSUE

JANUARY ELIMAE

ELIMAE

QUICK FICTION

FLASH AWAY!

THE BIG OTHER

NIAGARA FALLS HALF MARATHON

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60 WRITERS / 60 PLACES

SEND! THE COLLAGIST FLASH FICTION CONTEST

EVERYDAY GENIUS

THE COLLAGIST

NOO JOURNAL

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FAST FORWARD

GRANDMA'S MARATHON

KEYHOLE DIGEST

WEB CONJUNCTIONS

WILLOW SPRINGS 64

FIELD GUIDE TO FLASH FICTION

THE ALEMBIC

THE TUSCULUM REVIEW

KNOCK

ONLINE WRITING: BEST OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS / KGB PRELAUNCH

NEW YORK TYRANT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, AGAIN

FRIGG MAGAZINE

WAVELAND

DO NOT DENY ME

FIELD GUIDE TO FLASH FICTION

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JOE MILFORD POETRY SHOW

NOON 2009

AMERICAN SHORT FICTION

BATEAU

ELIMAE, 3AM MAGAZINE

RUI vs. AWP

QUICKIES!

EXHIBIT X

OH BABY, WORD SPACES AND HTML GIANT

QUICK FICTION 14

GUERNICA MAG

MUD LUSCIOUS, TAKE TWO

MUD LUSCIOUS

THE HOUSE OF YOUR DREAM in review

PUERTO DEL SOL

THE TUSCULUM REVIEW

ALIMENTUM: THE LITERATURE OF FOOD

KEYHOLE #5

SMOKING

FIVE FICTIONS

PUSHCART PRIZE 2009

CAKETRAIN

THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVIEW

SIDEBROW ANTHOLOGY

BURCHFIELD-PENNEY ART CENTER'S 31-HOUR GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION

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