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New with Guernica, Two Stories Every Two Weeks

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Meakin Armstrong

For years, I made sure that Guernica ran at least one story, every two weeks. Doing that worked well (very well in fact, we won many awards and published many top writers). But—and this was important—there were so many other stories … Continue reading →

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Peter Stamm on Guernica

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Meakin Armstrong

I’m quite drunk at this point. I’m thinking he could do anything to me, and then straightaway I’m ashamed of the thought. He’s so young I could be his mother. I’d like to run my hand through his hair, press … Continue reading →

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New Fiction on Guernica: Michael McGuire

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Meakin Armstrong

Michael McGuire, who often writes about life on the American border, has one of his best pieces, ever, in Guernica called “Rosa de la Rosas.” Michael is the author of a short story collection, The Ice Forest (Marlboro Press), named … Continue reading →

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New Fiction on Guernica: Panos Karnezis

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

This issue of Guernica fiction has an excerpt from the novel, The Convent, to be published later this month by W.W. Norton & Co. The story of a nun who adopts a baby, it’s intense and gripping. . . Dog … Continue reading →

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Electric Literature on Guernica’s 6th Anniversary Party

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

Literary magazine of the moment, Electric Literature, writes about Guernica‘s 6th anniversary party. It says someone stole the cheese. I know what happened: the intern stole (and then also drank) a lot of wine. She then passed the cheese around … Continue reading →

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New Fiction on Guernica: Ethel Rohan

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

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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New Fiction on Guernica

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

I’m not sure how many fiction pieces I’ve edited at Guernica–maybe about 100 (an exhausting thing to contemplate). This week, we have Leora Skolkin-Smith’s short story, “The Fragile Mistress,” which is an excerpt from the novel of the same name. … Continue reading →

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Reading: Hosting Park-Lit in Union Sq

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

Park-Lit has a simple concept: writers read from their work,  outside, in a public park. At 6:30 on the 21st, Guernica (in association with Park-Lit) will be having a reading in Union Square Park. (On the south side, right in … Continue reading →

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PEN World Voices and Guernica: A recap

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

Novelist Claire Messud (who was guest-editor at Guernica recently) led a panel discussion on women, diversity, and literature. I’ll let another Guernica writer Lorraine Adams sum up the event. Continue reading →

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Claire Messud in Guernica

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

It’s been busy at Guernica. I’ve been working on a Claire Messud guest-edited section. It’s fantastic and suggest you read. The comments section is burning up. . . Women make up 80 percent of the fiction reading audience in this … Continue reading →

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The Caine Prize, E.C., and Me

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Meakin Armstrong

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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