PROLOGUE TO THE EXCERPT
I wrote "Stab" in a class I took at Columbia with Joe Meno, whose enthusiasm and encouragement inspired me to originally write a 36-page version that he told me I basically had to cut in half. It's now about twenty pages, so I was close. The story takes place in Dayton, Tennessee (home of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial), about which I'm working on a series of related stories.
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Jonathan Fullmer is a freelance reviewer for Booklist and co-editor of Knee-Jerk Magazine, an online literary journal devoted to humorous and experimental literature. His writing has appeared in Time Out Chicago, Bookslut, Word Riot, and Fictionary, among others. He reads manuscripts for Dzanc Books, and is an MFA candidate at Columbia College Chicago, where he is the recipient of the Dwight Follett Fellowship and a Graduate Opportunity Award.
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Think of Knee-Jerk as a dinner table filled with friends and family. Were all sharing ideas, stories, laughter, and a whole lot of corndogs. The table is round, everyone is facing each other; everyone is enjoying the company. Next to the published writer is an emerging writer, a person whos searching for a home for his or her first story. Sitting across from them is a musician who finds time to squeak out a story between studio sessions. Also at the table, the casual reader of literature. And the guy whos read Infinite Jest twice.
We invite you to pull up a chair and contribute to the ongoing dialogue. Like any good discussion, well venture beyond that knee-jerk reaction into what [important name] called [quote about venturing beyond knee-jerk reactions].
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