Meg Pokrass

Meg Pokrass (born in Reading Pennsylvania) is a flash fiction author, editor, teacher, actor and animator. She is the younger sister of actress Sian Barbara Allen . Originally trained in theater, Meg Pokrass studied acting at Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts. Pokrass has been nominate for the Pushcart Prize two times, and for Dzanc's Best of the Web.

Pokrass began writing in New York, studying with author Molly Peacock at the 92nd Street Y, and later studying with writer Dorianne Laux.

Pokrass's debut collection of flash fiction, "Damn Sure Right" (2011)^[1] was published by Press 53.

Work

Pokrass serves as associate editor for [[Blip Magazine]] with Frederick Barthelme, and previously as editor for SmokeLong Quarterly. She is a panelist for the National Book Critics Circle Panels, covering topics such as the future of internet writing.

Meg Pokrass interviews authors for the [[Fictionaut]] website, as part of the Fictionaut Five Author Interviews. In this series, Pokrass has interviewed authors Mona Simpson, Charles Baxter, Roddy Doyle, Jane Smiley, and others.

She teaches creative writing at [[Dzanc Books]].

Publications

Pokrass' recent writing has been published in online literary magazines and journals as well as print magazines. Her works have appeared in Wigleaf^[2], Mississippi Review, Big Muddy^[3], Yalobusha Review^[4], The Pedestal^[5], Annalemma^[6], Smokelong Quarterly^[7], Elimae^[8], Gigantic^[9], Gargoyle^[10], Mud Luscious Press^[11], Juked^[12], Pindeldyboz^[13], FRIGG^[14]

References

1. ^ "Press 53". Press 53. http://www.press53.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
2. ^ "Pokrass: 'Pounds across America - 1990'". Wigleaf.com. http://wigleaf.com/200811pounds.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
3. ^ "Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley". .semo.edu. 2011-01-30. http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/bigmuddy/. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
4. ^ "YR: A Magazine of New Writing". Yalobushareview.com. http://yalobushareview.com/. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
5. ^ "> Archives > Issue 51 > Fiction >Meg Pokrass - Wrappers". The Pedestal Magazine. http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/gallery.php?item=4543. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
6. ^ "The Big Dipper | Annalemma Magazine". Annalemma.net. http://annalemma.net/features/the-big-dipper.html. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
7. ^ "SmokeLong Quarterly—Issue Twenty-One—"California Fruit" by Meg Pokrass". Smokelong.com. 2008-06-15. http://www.smokelong.com/flash/7924.asp. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
8. ^ "elimae". elimae. http://www.elimae.com/2011/06/Albino.html. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
9. ^ "Gigantic". Thegiganticmag.com. http://thegiganticmag.com/magazine/. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
10. ^ "Gargoyle Magazine and Paycock Press". Gargoylemagazine.com. http://www.gargoylemagazine.com/. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
11. ^ "Mud Luscious Press". Mud Luscious Press. http://www.mudlusciouspress.com/. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
12. ^ Pokrass, Meg. "Like a Family". Juked. http://www.juked.com/2009/03/likeafamily.asp. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
13. ^ "Villa Monterey Apartment, Burbank by Meg Pokrass". Pindeldyboz. http://www.pindeldyboz.com/mpvilla.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-18. 
14. ^ "FRiGG: A Magazine of Fiction and Poetry, Issue 24, Spring 2009". Friggmagazine.com. http://www.friggmagazine.com/issuetwentyfour/splashpages/MegPokrass.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-18.