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Pif Magazine
ISSN: 1094-2726
Published by:
Pif, LLC
PMB 248
4820 Yelm Hwy SE
Suite B
Lacey, WA 98503-4903
© 2000 - Richard deGaris Doble
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<- CRAFT ->
Two Truths and a Lie
by Camille Renshaw
Ten exercises that can be used to teach writing students — or used yourself to generate fresh ideas for poems, stories, or essays.
Endings
by Douglas Bauer
"It only makes sense, if you think about it, that writers might struggle as they face the question of how to end, because the challenge, in essence, is to find the words and the tone with which to say good-bye...."
Interview
with Sheila Schwartz
and Mary Grimm
by Misha Angrist
Misha Angrist talks with two authors about writing programs past, present and future, and about the differences between skill and soul in their students.
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<- MEMOIR ->
Father Antonio's Black Label
by James Whyle
"This is the story of a journey and of a grail that was found and emptied and filled again by magic. Every word is true. The journey was undertaken by the photographer and myself, and liquor ran through it like water like gurgling down a Madeiran mountainside..."
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<- ZINE-O-RAMA ->
Zine Reviews
by Ingrid Woodrow, Tom Hartman
and Curt Cloninger
Do you demand the most from your literary zines? So do we - which is why we're telling you what we think of Born Magazine, The Poetry Webring Webzine, Transcendental Friend, Poor Mag, Duct Tape Press, afterDinner, and Salt Hill Journal.
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Remote Control
by Nick Burton
In December, director Robert Bresson died in France at the age of 93. Bresson leaves behind a legacy of essential films that are all but forgotten in an age where filmgoers simply can not be bothered with films that attempt to portray the human condition in anything but the most shallow terms. This issue we review three of his best: Pickpocket, L’Argent, and The Devil, Probably.
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Stick It In Your Ear
by Curt Cloninger
Grab your blue-suede shoes and a Cherry Coke Martini. Curt's been listening to Stereolab's latest CD of techno-lounge music, and he's in the mood to party.
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<- TALKBACK ->
Our readers spout off. Now's your chance to find out what some people really think of us.
"Evening Program"
by Kate Nitze
"House
Full of Leaks"
by Ellia Bisker
"Bird
Walk"
by Dylan Nelson
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"How Do You Keep
Your Tempest?"
by Frances Donovan
"City Scientist"
by Kate Nitze
"Wide Awake at 4 a.m."
by Sarah Quigley
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What To Read
Recommendations by Camille Renshaw
Two great sections - Web-based texts that deserve your attention and upcoming e-books, hypertexts, and print books. Discover the latest works from your favorite authors.
The Daily Mirror :
A Journal in Poetry
Poetry by David Lehman
Reviewed by Rachel Barenblat
"It
is written of the Torah, 'Turn it and turn it, for everything is in it.'
I won't make the same claim for The Daily Mirror. But the things
that are in it reward turning and returning; each time I read it
I see more inside it..."
The House of Gentle
Men
Novel by Kathy Hepinstall
Reviewed by Cara Bobchek
"Ms. Hepinstall’s writing style avoids being too self-conscious, and unlike her forbears Atwood and Rand, she doesn’t patronize. From this first effort, it seems that our future in Kathy Hepinstall’s library promises some original and interesting characters and an able and literate structure..."
Italian Fever
Novel by Valerie Martin
Reviewed by Vivian Dorsel
"The
theme of the innocent abroad who gains insight into herself and her own
culture by exposure to that of another country is hardly original, but
Martin’s witty, sensitive treatment is delightfully fresh, showing us
that there is always something new under the Tuscan sun..."
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