Pif Magazine
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<- ONE ON ONE ->

Interview With Michael Joyce
by Camille Renshaw
From the January issue

"Michael Joyce recently published Twilight: A Symphony, a hypertext that is a lyrical, haunting, present-minded, and compassionate cascade of words, constantly moving and falling back in fresh, artful currents. This description, however, suits most of his writing. Simply put, Joyce is one the most imaginative artists of his time."

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<- CRAFT ->

On Sentimentality
by Douglas Bauer
From the August issue

"If writing of merit involves both our emotions and our intellect, we can combine the first three items on the list — doesn't soothe or comfort, prescribe, or divert — to make the point that sentimentality is by its nature simplistic…"

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<- MEMOIR ->

Father Antonio's Black Label
by James Whyle
From the March issue

"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 gurgling down a Madeiran mountainside..."

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<- SPECIAL OFFER ->

The Best of Pif Off-line

The Best of Pif Magazine Off-line makes a terrific Christmas gift; now available for $14.95. This print anthology includes work by Naomi Shihab Nye, Ken Kalfus, David Ryan, Diann Blakely, Richard Weems, Aimee Bender, Robert McDowell, and Rick Moody.

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<- MUSIC & SONGWRITING ->

Noise Music Beach
by Curt Cloninger
From the January issue

Curt hangs out on Noise Music Beach, the thin strip of grit between resonant guitar feedback and cement mixer percussion…

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<- FILM & SCREENWRITING ->

Remote Control
by Michael Burgin
From the July issue

Michael goes shopping for something a little more high-brow than the latest Saturday night sitcom. What he discovers is all Shakespeare. Read his reviews of Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, and Prospero's Books.

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<- ZINE-O-RAMA ->

Zine Reviews
by Tom Hartman

Do you demand the most from your zines? So do we - which is why this month we're revisiting our review of boldtype.

<- POETRY ->

"A Mission Statement"
  by R. Mumma
  From the June issue

"Divorce or Corrasable   Bond"
  by Daniela Gioseffi
  From the February issue

"Construction "
  by Michalle Gould
  From the November issue

"Vacancies for Belief"
  by Deborah Byrne
  From the February issue

"All This"
   by Lily Iona MacKenzie
   From the August issue

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<- MACRO-FICTION ->

"Dune Head"
  by Kieron Devlin
  From the May issue

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<- MICRO-FICTION ->

"Little Meadow Simms"
  by Marcy Dermansky
  From the May issue

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<- BOOK LOVERS ->

Talking Dirty to the Gods
Poetry by Yusef Komunyakaa
Reviewed by Rachel Barenblat

"Komunyakaa's not pulling punches; he mixes the sacred and profane with a fearless hand...as the book's title indicates this collection takes an irreverent and sometimes insolent tone where divinity is concerned."

In America
Novel by Susan Sontag
Reviewed by Emily Banner

"Sontag is nothing if not fiercely intelligent, and that intelligence (or that ferocity) makes her slippery . . . In her own terms, the success of In America may rest in the fact that her very absorbing plot still allows room for the more abstract explorations it engenders."

What To Read
Recommended 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.

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<- IN OTHER WORDS->

Criminal Records
by Jonathan Kearns
an article from Justbooks

"There is a temptation to believe that chronicling the dark and ugly side of the human spirit through the mediums of gritty landscapes, criminal masterminds, fiendish plots and dangerous women began the day that Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett put down the whisky bottles and started hammering the keys of their Royal Portables. Not so."

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<- TALKBACK ->

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