Press Releases

by Richard Luck

Originally published on December 9, 2001

Writer’s Digest Names PifMagazine.com and Pilot-Search.com
Among the Best, Despite Strange History
LACEY, WA – May 24, 2000 (INB) –
PifMagazine.com and Pilot-Search.com are two
of the best literary Web sites on the Internet, according to Writer’s Digest.
“And to think we did it without ever holding a face-to-face staff meeting,”
[...]

Reader Demographics

by Richard Luck

Originally published on December 9, 2001

SEX
Male: 46%
Female: 54%

 

AGE
under 18: 5%
18-24: 14%
25-30: 17%
31-40: 20%
40-55: 33%
Over 55: 11%

GEOGRAPHY
86% of our readership
is American, while 13% of those readers are [...]

Copyright Notice and Terms of Use

by Richard Luck

Originally published on December 8, 2001

This site contains copyrighted materials, including but not limited to text, photos, and graphics. You may not use, copy, publish, upload, download, post to a bulletin board or otherwise transmit, distribute, or modify any contents of the site in any way, except that you may download one copy of such contents on any single computer [...]

Nickel and Dimed

reviewed by Tom Janulewicz

Originally published on December 5, 2001

If you are reading this review, then chances are you do not earn your
living in one of the professions that Barbara Ehrenreich assayed while
researching Nickel and Dimed. If [...]

Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood

reviewed by Tom Hartman

Originally published on December 1, 2001

You won’t find any twee toy choo-choos, squeaky-voiced hand puppets or
cardigan-wearing hosts in Mr Beller’s neighboorhood. Mr Beller’s
neighborhood is Manhattan, and what you will find are personal essays,
[...]

Fifty Word Fiction

reviewed by Tom Hartman

Originally published on December 1, 2001

From one of the
folks behind the smart UK zine Tangents comes Fifty Word Fiction, a new
zine that seeks to publish what might be the shortest stories possible.
If you think 50-word fiction sounds suspiciously like a creative writing
[...]

The Pi Process

by Ted Warnell

Originally published on December 1, 2001

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The Pi Process by Ted Warnell – © 2001

Interview with Nathalie Handal

interviewed by Rachel Barenblat

Originally published on December 1, 2001

Rachel Barenblat: Tell me a little bit about yourself and your
background.
Nathalie Handal: I grew up in Europe, the United States and
[...]

The Red Heifer

reviewed by Tom Janulewicz

Originally published on December 1, 2001

What does America mean, and what does it mean to be an American? These
are complicated questions with a multitude of possible answers. We
can’t open a newspaper or magazine, [...]

Sheba

reviewed by Emily Banner

Originally published on December 1, 2001

Before I get to Sheba, the actual subject of this review,
I’d like to take a moment to explore a parallel that occurred to
me about halfway through the book. [...]