Kimberly Parish Davis is the director and founder of Madville Publishing. She sometimes teaches writing, and worked on the editorial staff of Texas Review Press for five years.
We had a smaller showing at this year’s AWP conference. Kim didn’t attend, having begun her college career in Missouri, she could only think of the weather and the unpredictability of flights in early February in Kansas City. But of course, Madville has a number of authors who have no such aversion to the cold or fear of driving on icy roads, and they did attend and represented Madville happily.
So many people have been patiently waiting for news of the selection progress with Sticks & Bricks. At last, the editors, have given us the go-ahead to share a longlist with everyone, with heartfelt apologies because family emergencies intruded, and kept the selection process on hold for too long. We won’t be able to fit all of these into the book, but at least submitters can check this list to see if their submission is still under consideration.
The Longlist (and a name change)
Submitted work for THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS: STORIES
Hallmark Town—Linda Heuring
A Day In the Life of a Five Year Old Pool Player—Francine Roderiguez
Paquete—Dan Timoskevich
Backyards—Catherine Alexander
All the Lonely People—Alex Stein (lyrics issue)
King of the Lake—Christine Rice
Dogs Always Bark—Melissa Chordas
A White Girl, A Horse, Two Cats and a Dog—Deborah Meltvedt
The Lesser Countries—August Tarrier
Witnesses—April Asbury
Human Statues—Leslie Johnson
Settle—Troy Bernardo
Diorama—Steve Tem
Street Sermon Annie—Vali Hawkins-Mitchell
Gonna Like It in the Jailhouse—Polar Levine
Whatever Happened to the American Dream—Don Robishaw
By the Grace—Gayle Bell (flash fiction)
Jets—R. Louis Fox
Gina and the Werewolf—Hadley Moore
Federico and His Boy—Victoria Ballesteros
Canary—Virginia Pina (pen name Watts)
Private Duties—Madeleine Mysko
The Angel of Lead Belly’s—John Mauk
Solicited Work for THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS: STORIES
Hunger—Pirette McKamey
Fast Hands, Fast Feet—Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Afterglow—Steph Post
Some Get-Back—Eric Miles Williamson
Leaving Early—Penn Stewart
Grit—Jesse Waters
Hard Shoes—Steve Gutierrez
The Short Story—Steve Gutierrez
Palette—Chavisa Woods
Kitty Rose—Jana Sasser (J.C. Sasser)
Flowchart—Kim Addonizio
Christmas Story of the Golden Cockroach—Ana Castillo
We will be attending the Southern Festival of Books in 2023 It is in Nashville again this year, and we loved it so much last year, we can’t wait to get back. We look forward to seeing so many friends, especially, our wonderful Linda Parsons has a book that we published featured, Valediction. She’ll be there with us at booth number 27. Come see us there!
This will be the 35th annual Southern Festival of Books–among the oldest literary festivals in the country. It is free to attend with performance stages, food trucks, publishers and booksellers. (We’ll be at booth #27.)
Festival weekend (Oct. 21 and 22) takes place in downtown Nashville. The Festival grounds include Bicentennial Mall State Park, the Tennessee State Museum, and the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Read more at their website: https://sofestofbooks.org/schedule
4:00 PM-5:30 PM – Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press (Readings from Lana K. W. Austin, Rick Campbell, Mike Hilbig, Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, karla morton, Bruce Overby, Susan O’Dell Underwood, Lee Zacharias & more!)
6:00-7:30 PM –Meet and Greet the Madvillans
Reception in the Ballard Ballroom, Sheraton Grand Seattle, Third Floor, Pike Street Tower Madville Publishing invites friends and those who would like to become friends to join us for an opportunity to meet our authors. There will be libations!!
Friday, March 10, 2023
9:00-5:00 PM – in the book fair (Booth number 722)
The Columbia Room, Sheraton Grand, Seattle, Fourth Floor, Union Tower
(Readings from Jodi Angel, Lee Zacharias, Maurice Ruffin, Cherise Pollard, Lana Austin, Michael Gills, Francine Rodriguez, karla k. morton, Wondra Chang, Rick Campbell, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Makayla Gay, Bruce Overby, Susan O’Dell Underwood, Mike Hilbig, Dion O’Reilly, Hillary Behrman, Kim Addonizio, Anna Sandy-Elrod, Raye Hendrix, Jenny Molberg, Kim Davis, Lisa Rose, and Gigi Marino.)
Saturday, March 11, 2023
9:00-5:00 PM – in the book fair (Booth number 722)
While class is often the backdrop to a story rather than the main point, writing about poverty is often compartmentalized. Grit Lit, Street Lit, Kmart fiction, even noir, there seems to be a place to put this work rather than actually looking at it as writing about the human condition. This panel brings together prose writers from rural and urban settings to discuss commonalities, differences and the bigger picture when class is a major factor in the work.
Have a look at our Spring 2023 books, & help us launch them at AWP23
original cover art by Andrew Dunn, “Tessia and the Dragon”
