Nibble on these morsels published recently in The Argyle Literary Magazine’s “gastronomy” issue
Earlier this month, a couple of my pieces were published in The Argyle Literary Magazine‘s special “gastronomy” issue. As the title of this themed issue makes clear, the stories, poems, and creative nonfiction pieces of this issue all have something to do with cooking or eating food.
I hope you’ll take a few minutes to read my contributions, which are companion pieces of a sort:
I hope you’ll also take the time to feast on some of the other delicious writings in this special issue and read more from The Argyle‘s previous issues.
‘Take chances in where you submit your writing and don’t count yourself out.’
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 through October 15), I’m featuring some rising writers of Hispanic heritage in these Friday Five interviews. This week’s spotlight is on Melissa Flores Anderson, a Latiné writer and native Californian whose debut full-length short story collection, All and Then None of You, came out earlier this month from Cowboy Jamboree Press. This collection of 21 stories and a novella is praised for its portrayal of the “universal yearns, hopes, and griefs of everyday working people.” I’m about two-thirds of the way through the collection, and at every turn of the page I’m encountering surprising and intriguing prose, much as one might find unexpected sights on a drive along California’s back roads. Sights that make you want to pull over and have a look around.
Melissa Flores Anderson
Melissa’s flash and long-form fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in over 50 literary magazines, anthologies, and reading series, including swamp pink, Chapter House, Roi Fainéant, and HAD. A reader and editor for Roi Fainéant Press, she also co-authored the 2025 novelette Roadkill(ELJ Editions) and the chapbook A Body in Motion (JAKE). Read on to learn more about Melissa’s new short story collection, how road trips and country music play a role in the book’s formation, her literary influences, how her Mexican American heritage informs her writing, and a fun, buggy Easter egg contained in the book.
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