Under The Spell of Shoe

by Liam Rector

Originally published on January 1, 2001

     ‘Under the Spell of Shoe’ – by Liam Rector

I’ve made a point, over the years, perhaps even a moral point,
Of never having sex with any of the wives of my best men friends.
The closest I came
Was once when I was living alone, house-sitting a Jamesian
House in Chevy Chase, and one of my [...]

Your Tales of the Suburbs

by Liam Rector

Originally published on January 1, 2001

     ‘Your Tales of the Suburbs’ – by Liam Rector

for David Fenza
Shopping as a blood sport.
Your father’s middle-aged, dog-like,
Dionysian friend in the suburbs
Who underwent heart attack and realized
None of the rich, high-living, caloric bounties of nature,
Food nor drink nor tobacco,
Could ever be his again,
And so waded
Out into a pond on his property
And shot himself [...]

The Old Man and The Motorcycle

by Liam Rector

Originally published on January 1, 2001

The old man had cancer
And the old man’s wife was dead
And the old man’s kids didn’t like him
So the old man sold most everything
And the old man bought a motorcycle
And the old man got back
To the backroads, to the roads he’d enjoyed
So much as a young man,
And the old man figured what the hell,
I’m sick [...]

I Get a Feeling

by Liam Rector

Originally published on January 1, 2001

     ‘I Get a Feeling’ – by Liam Rector

I get a feeling of discomfort, pressure
In my rear end, and I know then
It’s time to take a crap. This has been
Happening every day now
For fifty years, fifty years
In which the waste of life
Has been steadily moving,
Mounting. I keep time this way now.
I wait for the [...]

Report from Ebook World 2000

by Tom Hartman

Originally published on January 1, 2001

The main question the various publishing types, journalists, would-be developers and consultants who attended Ebook World were dying to have answered was why Americans aren’t scrambling to shelve their printed (or “p”) books and embrace the books of the future?

Ann Patchett

interviewed by Candace Moonshower

Originally published on January 1, 2001

Candace Moonshower talks with Ann Patchett about the writing life, novel endings, and the camaraderie of waiting tables at TGI Fridays.

Elocution, n.

by Ted Warnell

Originally published on January 1, 2001

Elocution, n. is panel four from
The Pi Process by Ted Warnell – © 2001

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Michael

reviewed by Richard Weems

Originally published on January 1, 2001

Stephen is a dreary character who mainly stares at the wall and thinks, a pastime that even Andy Warhol would quickly find tedious.

Your Name Here

reviewed by Rachel Barenblat

Originally published on January 1, 2001

Ashbery’s poems reward a slant-reading in which one comes at the text from an angle, letting the words play across one’s mind like insects on a pond.

Submission Guidelines

by Richard Luck

Originally published on January 1, 2001

Pif is leading “THE NEXT WAVE” (Yahoo! Internet
Life) of literary publication online. We’re seeking original work
from established and emerging fiction writers, poets, essayists, interviewers,
and reviewers.

Pif Magazine’s Pay Scale for Writers
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