The Pinch

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A biannual literary journal produced by MFA students at the University of Memphis— pinchjournal.com

Proud to announce 2 winners of the Pushcart Prize!! Elizabeth Childs' Sinkholes, Strawberries from Pinch Issue 45.1 Spring 2025 and Justin Gibson's Rasputin Loses Employee of the Month from Pinch Issue 45.2 Fall 2025!! Congratulations to everyone!!

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Author Jody Hobbs Hesler speaks through her impactful fiction on a day in this life. "O Say Can You See", has made it's brilliant way into an anthology!! New Stories from the South 2026!! Read now on Pinch Journal Online (PJO). Let freedom ring, Hesler has something to say.

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Join us, Tomorrow for a conversation with New York Times best-selling author, Lauren Hough & Courtney Miller Santo, 6 p.m. at Novel. Brilliant minds combine on class and sexuality, as Hough surveys MONSTER OF A LAND, her new memoir.

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🚨PJO has a new poem🚨 Be sure to check out the latest poem, “A Recipe for Sapodilla Milkshakes” by Amelia Badri up on PJO now! “Mix the milk of your choice with your father’s Dairy Queen heart, the one off 441 where only three cars at most can park…”

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Check out our latest post on PJO! “Lieb”, a poem by William Bonfiglio, paints a striking image of the Heidelberg patient Marie Lieb’s artwork. “What is known is unimportant. It fades/ into sepia against what/ will be remembered…”

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“Dust and flaws become less noticeable in moonlight” Don’t miss our newest author, Liz Marlow! Her Three Poems peek into the life of Rosa in early 1900s Buenos Aires. The first two poems are available to read on PJO now, and the third poem will be posted Friday, February 6th

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