Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slush Pile

About Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slush Pile

Take a seat at Painted Bride Quarterly’s editorial table as we discuss submissions, editorial issues, writing, deadlines, and cuckoo clocks.

Publisher

Painted Bride Quarterly

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Apr 2016

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

173 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Episode 160: Perfect Certainty

   We’re changing things up today, Slushies, with a selection of prose from writer Charles Grosel. Spoiler alert: we only read the first page in the podcast itself. If you want the full experience of the piece before you hear us weigh in, scroll down to time stamp 38:15 where you can listen to the story in its entirety. We’re all over the place in categorizing this piece as flash, fiction, and creative non-fiction. We discuss what literary elements are on display and which are not. Dagne notes the piece’s economy recalls Raymond Carver’s advice ‘to get in, get out, don’t linger.’ One character’s black-and-white outlook reminds KVM of the phrase “perfect certainty” that Sam used in a recent book review. Sam weighs in on the veracity, in general, of an author’s perspective. For example, she finds the famous fairy tale author, Hans Christian Andersen, an unreliable narrator based on his autobiography. Jason has thoughts about that habit of embellishment and about the iconic nature of the American Southwest. And listen in for the only thing that qualifies as pizza for KVM’s 90 year-old dad. Sam also shares some of what she’s teaching to her writing students this semester, including a piece published in PBQ Issue 112 by Meghan Sterling called “Self-Portrait as Lee Krasner” that sent her students to the Smithsonian to see Krasner’s paintings in person. Thanks, as always, for listening! At the table: Eric Baker, Dagne Forrest, Karen Hildebrand, Samantha Neugebauer, Jason Schneiderman, Kathleen Volk Miller, Lisa Zerkle, and Alina H. (Sound Tech) Author Bio: Charles Grosel grew up in Ohio and now lives in Arizona. He has published stories in Western Humanities Review, Water-Stone, and The MacGuffin as well as poems in Epiphany, The Threepenny Review, and Cream City Review, among others. He has been a long-time student of The Writers Studio in NYC and would not get any work done without their support. His chapbook is The Sound of Rain Without Water. Rain in the Valley of the Sun

2. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Episode 159: Back Among the Thumbs

   Slushies! We’re delighted to have our own Marion Wrenn back at the table, throwing thumbs yea or nay. And Karen Hildebrand had so much fun discussing summer reads in our last episode, she decided to join us for another show (we welcome her back with only minor hazing). Today we’re discussing two poems by K. Hari. The first, “Rage Yoga After Roe”, gets us thinking about female spaces and friendships. We discuss what kind of poems can stand-alone and which ones are best in a manuscript when other poems can inform their narrative. The second poem, “Proof of Relationship”, digs deep into multiple layers of memory in relation to what is and isn’t evident in a photograph. What does it mean when a couple must perform their relationship in order to prove it in an official capacity? The theme of governmental intrusion into one’s personal life in the form of immigration interviews resonates with the team. Our New Yorkers recognize certain landmarks mentioned in the poem, including the Vessel in Hudson Yards. And Jason gives it to us straight —New Yorkers ARE judging your fashion choices. We end with our terrible memories of the utter despair of Zoom dance parties. Thanks, as always, for listening. At the table: Karen Hildebrand, Samantha Neugebauer, Jason Schneiderman, Kathleen Volk Miller, Marion Wrenn, Lisa Zerkle, Derek Grebis (sound engineer) Author Bio: K. Hari (she/her) is a physician and poet of Tamil descent, whose work explores embodied heritage through poetic formalism. Her writing can be found in publications such as the New Orleans Review, the Journal, and the Margins, among others. She is winner of the 2024 Plentitudes Poetry Prize and the 2026 Third Coast Poetry Prize. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University and is a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist. She welcomes you to connect with her via Instagram: @scribeinscrubs. Social media: @scribeinscrubs Rage Yoga After Roe Proof of Relationship

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   2 Sept 2026

   Episode 158: Kiss Summer Goodbye!

   We’re back, Slushies! Did you miss us? We missed being with you. Much of our time this summer was spent reading an array of excellent books and today we share that abundance with you. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on blockbusters, novels, poetry, craft books, and (would you believe), an encyclical from Pope Leo XIV. Kathy gets a gold star, summer-reading-challenge style, for the stack of books she read on the beach. Dagne weighs in on the plus side for audio books. And several editors are fans of book-of-the month style subscriptions, whether from Book of the Month, or indie bookstores like The Lynx and Main Street Books. Joining in on the discussion is special guest, Karen Hildebrand, one of our dedicated PBQ editors. All this talk of reading has us wondering how or if we ought to keep track of all of our reads. An online platform? A spiral notebook? How do you track your reads, Slushies? Let us know and, while you’re at it, share your summer reading faves with us. We’ll be back at the Slush Pile for our next episode but we hope you enjoy our reading enthusiasms. Thanks, as always, for listening. At the table: Dagne Forrest, Karen Hildebrand, Jason Schneiderman, Kathleen Volk Miller, Lisa Zerkle, Derek Grebis (Sound Engineer) PBQ Staff Reading Recs: Marion Wrenn Teaching Writing Through Journaling: Journaling as a Tool for Learning and Well-Being by Kathleen Volk Miller Magnifica Humanitas by Pope Leo XIV Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry by Ada Limón Kathleen Volk Miller Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell Gladiola Girls by Marion Wrenn 11/22/63 by Stephen King Jason Schneiderman Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi Final Slash Boy by Stephen S. Mills Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney Dagne Forrest Endling by Maria Reva PBQ Issue 5 Chandelier by David O’Meara Samantha Neugebauer The Au Pair by Teddy Wayne The Enlargement of Life by John Kekes Tutelary Tales by Villy Sorensen Lisa Zerkle Orbital by Samantha Harvey A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry by Mary Oliver A Stranger is an Animal Who Does Not Sing by Brian Teare from Albion Books: A Poetry Micropress Karen Hildebrand Her Read by Jennifer Sperry Steinorth A Day Like Any Other: The Life of James Schuyler by Nathan Kernan Wrong Norma by Anne Carson (Bonus! See PBQ editor Samantha Neugebauer’s review of Wrong Norma here) Emily Fedon It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories by Sigrid Nunez Dear Monica Lewinsky by Julia Langbein Sex and Rage by Eve Babitz Alexa Josaphouitch Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Most Eligible by Isabelle Engel

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

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Quality

56

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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