Front Porch Journal
May 2013
As the editorial staff of 2012-2013 bows out, we leave you with our last collection of wonderful poetry by Alexander Chisum, Susan Grimm, Francesco Grisanzio, Kathleen Jesme, Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein, and Jennifer Pilch; breathtaking fiction from Sergio Troncoso, Sandy Yang, Katherine Hubbard, and Casey Pycior; exciting nonfiction by John Peters, Kelly Martineau, and Alexa Mergen; engaging interviews with Lindsay Stern, Peter Davis, Amelia Gray, and Katie Ford; and reviews of new books by Kate Zambreno and Katherine L. Holmes.
It’s been a pleasure. We wish the best of luck to the new staff, and for many great issues to come.
—John Andrews, Managing Editor
Fiction
Katherine Hubbard - August 8, 1974
Casey Pycior - The Spoils
Sandy Yang - Have You Seen Me?
Sergio Troncoso - New Worlds: April - May 1989. Excerpted from This Wicked Patch of Dust.
Poetry
Kathleen Jesme - From The Mythology We Have Now: 15 | 16
Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein - Untitled
Alexander Chisum - The Tuba and the Cherry Tree
Susan Grimm - Wind Turbine or Our Bodies Do That for Us
Francesco Grisanzio - Untitled
Jennifer Pilch - From SEQUOIA GRAFFITI: (11)
Nonfiction
Kelly Martineau - A Grief Unraveled
John Peters - Leipzig, 1971
Alexa Mergen - Ease
Interviews
Our Androids and the Rocketry of Youth: An Interview with Peter Davis
Ones and Zeroes Creeping: An Interview with Lindsay Stern
With Great Horoscope Power
Comes Great Horoscope Responsibility: An Interview with Amelia Gray
An Interview in Miniature with Katie Ford
Book Reviews
Curiosity Killed the Sphinx and Other Stories by Katherine L. Holmes, Reviewed by E. D. Watson
Green Girl by Kate Zambreno, Reviewed by Jane Hawley
One of the major perks of pursuing an MFA at Texas State University in San Marcos is our continuing reading series featuring premiere poets, writers, and critics of the English langauge, owing in no small part to the Texas State English Department, The Lindsey Reading Series, and The Burdine Johnson Foundation. Below is just a sample of some of the readings, talks, and Q&As delivered by the wonderful guests who have recently visited us at the Wittliff Collections in the Alkek Library at Texas State University, and the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center in Kyle, Texas. We hope you enjoy them. For more videos and sound recordings, please visit the Front Porch Audio/Video Archives.
Louise Erdrich Reading from Front Porch on Vimeo.
Louise Erdrich reads in the Wittliff Gallery at Texas State University in San Marcos.
George Saunders Reading from Front Porch on Vimeo.
George Saunders reads his work at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center in Kyle, Texas.
Cristina García Reading from Front Porch on Vimeo.
Cristina García reads in the Wittliff Gallery at Texas State University in San Marcos.
Olga Broumas Reading from Front Porch on Vimeo.
Poet Olga Broumas reads her work at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center in Kyle, Texas.
Kevin Brockmeier Reading from Front Porch on Vimeo.
Fiction writer Kevin Brockmeier reads in the Wittliff Gallery at Texas State University in San Marcos.
Kazim Ali Reading from Front Porch on Vimeo.
Kazim Ali reads his work at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center in Kyle, Texas.
