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Introducing IHLR 13.6, the Fireside Issue

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The newest issue of Iron Horse Literary Review, which we’ve dubbed the Fireside Issue, is sure to make for cozy reading.

This winter-themed issue features fiction by Elizabeth Buchanan and Khristian Mecom; poetry by Brock Guthrie, Douglas Ray, B.J. Best, Doug Ramspeck, Benjamin Myers, and Randolph Thomas; a flash nonfiction piece by Lili Wright; and a stunning cover photo by Charles Patterson.

Aaron Alford’s “Hit List” column has a little bit of everything–Yeats, H.D., the Beatles, Motown, and a winter ennui somewhere between angst and fluff. And in this issue’s “Horselaugh,” Brent Newsom offers up “Mash-Up Paradelle: Winter Tunes.”

To purchase a copy, send $5 to Iron Horse Literary Review, Texas Tech University, Department of English, Box 43091, Lubbock, TX  79409-3091. Or, you can now order an issue online by going HERE and following the instructions for ordering a back issue. This issue will also be featured at AWP in Chicago–come by and see us at table B17 in the Bookfair.

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Fiction Writer Melanie Rae Thon to Read at Texas Tech February 16

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Photo by Andi Olson.

Novelist and short story writer Melanie Rae Thon will give a reading at Texas Tech University on Thursday, February 16, 7:30-8:30 in English 001.

Melanie Rae Thon’s most recent books include the novel The Voice of the River (FC2, 2011) and In This Light: New and Selected Stories (Graywolf, 2011). Her other novels are Sweet Hearts, Meteors in August, and Iona Moon, and she has also published two more story collections: First, Body and Girls in the Grass. Thon’s work has been included in Best American Short Stories (1995, 1996), three Pushcart Prize Anthologies (2003, 2006, 2008), and the O. Henry Prize Stories (2006). She is a recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award (1997), two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1992 and 2008), and a Writer’s Residency from the Lannan Foundation (2005). In 2009, she was Virgil C. Aldrich fellow at the Tanner Humanities Center. Thon’s fiction has been translated into French, Italian, German, Spanish, Croatian, Finnish, Japanese, and Farsi. Originally from Montana, Thon now lives in Salt Lake City, where she teaches in the Creative Writing and Environmental Humanities programs at the University of Utah.

This is the first reading in this year’s Iron Horse Reading Series, sponsored by Iron Horse Literary Review, the Texas Tech University Department of English, and the Texas Tech University Graduate School.

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February Back Issues of the Month: Single-Author Issues

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Starting this February, each month Iron Horse Literary Review will designate one or more back issues for sale at a special, reduced price of only $3 each. This month, with submissions for our current Single-Author Issue competition now open (see our guidelines if you want to enter your work), we’re highlighting our three previous Single-Author Issues:

 

Me, Them, Us by Meagan Ciesla (Novella, IHLR 11.4)
Fall Ends Tomorrow by Eric Neuenfeldt (Short Stories, IHLR 12.3)
Control Burn by Hastings Hensel (Poetry, IHLR 13.4)

Orders for a single issue can be placed online HERE, or by mailing $3 cash or check (made out to Iron Horse Literary Review) to Iron Horse Literary Review, Texas Tech University, Department of English, Box 43091, Lubbock, TX  79409-3091. Please include a note specifying the desired issue and the appropriate shipping address. NOTE: Orders for multiple issues must be processed by mail.

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IHLR 13.5 is Here!

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The latest issue of Iron Horse Literary Review has dropped, and with it comes our new, wider format, pared-down cover design, and some great new writing!

This Open Issue features fiction by Joseph O’Malley and J.T. Bushnell; poetry by Tara Bray, Heather Price, Michael Salcman, Melissa Cundieff-Pexa, Robby Nadler, Bhavin Tailor, and Jennifer Habel; Amy Roper’s nonfiction piece “A Map of Childhood Games,” complete with map and legend; and photographs by John Martino, Whitney Martin, and J. Marcus Weekley. One of Martin’s lovely images graces the cover.

Issue 13.5 also introduces a new feature of Iron Horse, one-of-a-kind columns written by our Managing Editors, Aaron Alford and Brent Newsom.

To purchase a copy, send $5 to Iron Horse Literary Review, Texas Tech University, Department of English, Box 43091, Lubbock, TX  79409-3091. Or, you can now order an issue online by going HERE and following the instructions for ordering a back issue.

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Now Accepting Subscriptions Online!

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We are glad to announce that IHLR readers can now subscribe or order back issues online! For more details, click the “Subscriptions” tab at the top of the page, or go HERE and scroll down to make your selection. You can pay with credit card or PayPal.

In addition, we currently have a “Gift Horse” special offer: With your purchase of a 2-year subscription, we will send a 1-year gift subscription to a person or library of your choosing, absolutely free!

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Need a Stocking Stuffer? IHLR 2008 Christmas Issue on Sale!

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So you’re stumped about how to fill your loved one’s stocking this Christmas, or you want to share the gift of great writing with the reader in your life. Or maybe you want to make sure there’s something besides the yearly package of new underwear in your own stocking, or simply treat yourself for less than $5. From now until Christmas, you can purchase copies of the 2008 Iron Horse Literary Review Christmas Issue for just $3 each. To order, send cash or a check made out to “Iron Horse” to the address below, and be sure to include a note with your mailing address. If you want to send the issue as a gift, we’ll even include a gift message on a holiday card.

The issue includes cover artwork and a short story by Melanie Rae Thon, fiction by Philip Gerard and Stacey Elza, and poetry by William Keener, Tina Dybvik, Elisabeth Murawski, Kris Bigalk, Carol Coffee Reposa, and Chris Willerton. To see a complete list of contents, click on the cover image at right.

Send requests & payment to:

Iron Horse Literary Review
Texas Tech University
English Department
Box 43091
Lubbock, TX  79409

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IHLR Pushcart Prize and Micro Award Nominees

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Iron Horse Literary Review is pleased to announce our nominees for inclusion in the 2012 Pushcart Prize anthology:

  • Hastings Hensel, Poetry, “No-See-Ums at the Outdoor Burial Service” (Vol. 13.4, Single-Author Issue)
  • Alison Pelegrin, Poetry, “The N-Word” (Vol. 13.2, National Poetry Month Issue)
  • Steve Yarbrough, Fiction, “The Basement” (Vol. 13.1, The Fiction Issue)
  • Jess Walters, Fiction, “Beneath All That Bone” (Vol. 13.1, The Fiction Issue)
  • Bill Roorbach, Fiction, “Investigation” (Vol. 13.1, The Fiction Issue)
  • Lindsay Beamish, Nonfiction, “The One Big Enough Thing” (Vol. 13.3, Father’s Day Issue)

In addition, we are pleased to nominate two writers for the 2012 Micro Award:

  • Sarah Kuntz Jones, “Some Surprise” (Vol. 13.1, The Fiction Issue)
  • Michael Martone, “Alonzo Reed, Dictating to His Collaborator, Brainerd Kellogg, Loses Track of What He Was Thinking Only to Notice His Audience Is, Already, Lost in Thought” (Vol. 13.1, The Fiction Issue)
Congratulations to each of these outstanding writers!
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