Double Review! Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female by Tanis MacDonald & Field Notes on Listening by Kit Dobson
Walking is one of the most appropriate ways to appreciate one’s community, environment, and place in the world. And to walk with intention is to listen. As Rebecca Solnit writes: “Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as...
Bleeding Light by Rob Benvie
Content warning: gun violence in a school (there are dark themes and drug use throughout, but the most shocking, triggering event is a school shooting that is mostly averted but could be very triggering) Rob Benvie is the author of two previous novels, Maintenance and...
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PF Picks up FOUR nominations at this year’s National Magazine Awards
We are over the moon to announce we have a record FOUR PF writers as finalists in this year's National Magazine Awards! Congratulations to, Jennifer Robinson, Avalon Moore, Zilla Jones & Cooper Skjeie on their nominations! We raise a digital glass of champagne to...
The Spring to Spring Launch has Sprung!
Thank you to everyone who attended (in-person or virtually) our Spring to Spring launch of Burning Up/Burning Down and the four previous issues at McNally Robinson on Friday, April 19th! It was a lovely evening and it was great to see so many familiar faces, and meet...
Happy World Poetry Day!
Happy World Poetry Day! This year we asked the winners of our 2023 MRB Poetry Contest to read us their prize-winning pieces. We have three videos, which we will be dropping throughout the day. Drop Schedule: 10AM CDT: Y.S. Lee (with guest Otoniya J. Okot Bitek)...