Category Archives: Guernica Magazine

New fiction on Guernica: Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay, writer about town, contributor to HTMLGIANT and associate editor at (one of my favorite magazines) PANK, has a story in Guernica about zombies. Except she tells us, it’s spelled “zombis.” She’s at RoxaneGay.com (Pic is by Amber Hewitt, … Continue reading

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New Fiction on Guernica: Ethel Rohan

We’re going with two short-short pieces by Ethel Rohan. They’re sort-of, kind-of, about leaving and returning to Ireland. We don’t normally run micro-fiction, but I had to go with it, this time. Ethel was raised in Ireland and now lives … Continue reading

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Ground Zero and “The Mosque”

I lost a few friends over this one (but in the end, gained more than I’d lost) One guy, a writer I’ve published, called me all sort of names. Maybe you’ll hate it, too.

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The Caine Prize, E.C., and Me

I wrote about the the recent Caine Prize for African Writing award for the Guernica blog. Spoiler Alert (not really, one could hardly be a surprised, I’d imagine, by what I wrote): I say that my favorite thing about the … Continue reading

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Francisco Goldman in Guernica

Years ago, I saw Francisco Goldman at the New York Public Library, in conversation with Junot Diaz. Goldman’s warmth and humor was everywhere that night, along with his intelligence and humor. When I asked him to be our guest fiction … Continue reading

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The background blah-blah

This post is OLD. ANCIENT. More updated stuff is here:  http://meakinarmstrong.com/aboutme/ I’m a writer. But: I’ve erased everything that was here because I found it so appalling. I’ve never kept a diary (on a regular basis, that is) for the … Continue reading

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