My piece covering the thirtieth session of the Sewanee Writers’ Conference recently appeared in the March/April 2019 issue of Poets & Writers. “Perhaps the best indication of the conference’s Southern roots,” writes Alice McDermott, “is how deeply and leisurely, warmly and wittily, people at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference talk to one another.” To read more about the conference’s history and its 2019 gathering, please click here.
Recent Publications
“Mothers of the Future” at Longreads
My review of Sophia Shalmiyev’s Mother Winter (Simon & Schuster, 2019) recently appeared at Longreads. “There can be no periods at the end of Sappho’s translations,” writes Shalmiyev in her debut memoir, “because she is forever unfinished business to us.” To read more of “Mothers of the Future,” please click here.
“The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering” at Poets & Writers
My piece about the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering’s 35th anniversary appears in the January/February 2019 issue of Poets & Writers. “By and large, it’s women and men from ranching,” says Hal Cannon, keynote speaker for the 2019 event, “people who live that life, who live in open spaces, and who have daily encounters with animals and work. It’s a great perspective for poetry and stories.” To read a brief history of cowboy poetry, please click here.
“The Shrines” at Shirley Magazine
This morning, Shirley Magazine published my short story “The Shrines” in their Doubles issue. Shirley publishes stories that don’t clearly belong to any one genre, stories that expose the worms crawling under the rock. Their main influences include Shirley Jackson, Bruno Schulz, Franz Kafka, Flannery O’Connor, Margaret Atwood, Kelly Link, Amelia Gray, and Leonora Carrington.
“A Revolution in Listening” at Poets & Writers
My piece about the rise of literary vinyl records appears in the May/June 2018 issue of Poets & Writers. “Even as music streaming dominates as a listening format, Third Man Books and Fonograf Editions aim for a literary listening experience that is both meaningful and tangible, that necessitates the physicality and fuller sound of a vinyl record.” To read a brief history of literary vinyl and learn about the beginning of audiobooks, please click here.
Unchaste Anthology
My flash fiction “Rock, Inside of” has been accepted for the Unchaste Anthology, Volume II. The anthology is dedicated to writing by women, curated by women, and open to all. Look for the anthology at Wordstock 2017.
“Termites” at Yalobusha Review
The Yalobusha Review has accepted my experimental short story “Termites” for publication in its YR:25 issue. Click here to read “Termites.”
“Shells” at The Grief Diaries
My short nonfiction “Shells” appears in the latest issue of The Grief Diaries. Click here to view Issue 11, Volume II, or visit the griefdiaries.org.
Thea Prieto 
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