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A brief relief from hunger by Spenser Smith
May 13, 2024
In his debut collection, A brief relief from hunger, Spenser Smith explores the edges of longing, revealing the immense human capacity for cruelty and care. On his journey toward acceptance and fulfillment, Smith’s speaker injects drugs, binges fast food, goes through rehab, and finds God in a park near Pizza Hut. Smith spends much of […]
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PF Picks up FOUR nominations at this year’s National Magazine Awards
May 2, 2024
We are over the moon to announce we have a record FOUR PF writers as finalists in this year’s National Magazine Awards! Congratulations to, Jennifer Robinson, Avalon Moore, Zilla Jones & Cooper Skjeie on their nominations! We raise a digital glass of champagne to you all! Zilla & Avalon’s work can be found in our […]
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The Spring to Spring Launch has Sprung!
Apr 25, 2024
Thank you to everyone who attended (in-person or virtually) our Spring to Spring launch of Burning Up/Burning Down and the four previous issues at McNally Robinson on Friday, April 19th! It was a lovely evening and it was great to see so many familiar faces, and meet some new ones! Here is a picture of […]
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Happy World Poetry Day!
Mar 21, 2024
Happy World Poetry Day! This year we asked the winners of our 2023 MRB Poetry Contest to read us their prize-winning pieces. We have three videos, which we will be dropping throughout the day. Drop Schedule: 10AM CDT: Y.S. Lee (with guest Otoniya J. Okot Bitek) reading “Admission” 12PM CDT: Kerry Ryan reading “49th Parallel, […]
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Mar 13, 2024
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Spring to Spring: A Launch
Mar 11, 2024
Prairie Fire Press will be launching BURNING UP, BURNING DOWN: WORDS FOR A WORLD ON FIRE, guest edited by Sue Goyette on April 19th (7:00 PM) at McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park! In addition, the four previous issues dating back to spring of 2023 will also be celebrated with short readings by local contributors! We […]
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