The Spring/Summer 2018 issue of FLAR is out! My story, “The Meek Inherit” is on page 205. It’s about a boy and his chicken. Chickens make such great subjects, don’t you think? Let me know how you like it! Here is the link to the full issue: About FLAR Here is the link to FLAR’s…
A new book review for JASAT. I just received word from Sean Ferrier-Watson, JASAT Book Review Editor, that the review I wrote of Garden Variety has been accepted for publication in the 2018 edition of JASAT, The Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas. It was a fascinating read about much more than just the history…
Sisypha Larvata Prodeat (Sisypha Wearing a Mask Advances) Sisypha Larvata Prodeat (Sisypha Wearing a Mask Advances), one of my inaugural projects with Madville Publishing LLC, is a poetry book by my dear friend and mentor, Jan Cole. I tried to turn this project down, because it is complicated by Adelina Moya’s beautiful full-color paintings illustrating…
Davis, Kimberly Parish. Review: Little Big Steps by Arash Bayatmakou. Self-published, 2017. Little Big Steps by Arash Bayatmakou tells the story of a one determined man’s refusal to allow a spinal cord injury with its attendant negative diagnosis to dampen his enthusiasm for life, or his desire to walk again. Arash, with eloquent, yet accessible…
I’ll be honest, I’ve been on the academic job market for a while now. As Paul Ruffin’s assistant, then “acting” director of Texas Review Press since his death, I have known for a couple of years that I needed to be looking for a new job. What I’ve found is that there are not a…
I’m heading to AWP 2018. I’m really looking forward to this conference, and I hope to see many of my writing friends there. You will find me in one of two places for most of the conference: The Texas Review Press Booth #751 or the Goliad Review & Press table, #T320. Here is my schedule:…
I can, at last, brag about my new position at Goliad Review and Press. Since last November, I have been working with some friends from South Texas to bring a new literary journal and press to life. Have a look at this page, and you’ll see my name on the masthead as Production Manager. https://www.goliadreview.com/contact/ …
I have proof at last. Three of my stories appear in this one issue of Helix Magazine. I’d give you a link to their pages so you could buy a copy, but I have yet to find that. So, if you would like to read any of these stories, let me know and I will…
I am honored to have been invited to speak in the beautiful Ecuadorian city of Cuenca at the Cuenca International Writers Conference May 28-June 1, 2018. http://cuencawritersconference.com/conference-schedule-2/
Kim wrote a review of a book entitled Hitchcock’s Objects as Subjects, and it was published in JASAT. Link to it on this page.