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Reading the Lit Journals

Kristen Simental

Navigating the literary journal world. Reviews of short fiction, submission insights, and the search for truly human writing.

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Lit Journals Moving Up in the Ranks

Happy Friday everyone,

I’d like to give myself Fridays to talk about other things and give you all an extra, no pressure day to catch up on this week’s reading. If you’re into that. I skipped two days this week for a couple of reasons...

2 days ago
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#8 Not Complex, Nevertheless Poignant

Die in’s Meer vorgeschobene Eismauer des Muir-gletschers in Alaska (1889)

Many years ago, I wrote a pop culture column for a subculture magazine and was told, “Rip ‘em to shreds,” because I had, at the time, a scathing voice that could cut...

5 days ago
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#7 Banging at the Keys

Klemperer at the piano (1915)

So far, we’ve seen half a dozen pieces—and of the ones I can remember, I’m recalling minimalism. Pieces have generally been accessible (to put it nicely) to the reading public, have not challenged the reader,...

6 days ago
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Understanding The Indiana Review

Indiana Landscape

Morning all,

The Indiana Review came up in today’s spin. Like a lot of top tier, university, journals, they don’t have any free pieces on their website. I suspect it’s because they’re a university, open seasonally,...

9 days ago
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#6 - Dead Catholic School B*tches

On Patron Saint by Daphne Armbruster

My cat is named Daphne. And she scratches. Daphne Armbruster scratches. Must be something about the name. Armbruster is the kind of cool-girl, it-girl that would never be friends with me. I know this be...

10 days ago
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