just one thing — LIP SERVICE — Split Lip Magazine

m. mick powel’s memoir “i THOUGHT I gave up my virginity to a Pretty Ricky song but that’s not the point” gives a breathless plunge into a memory’s sensory rush. Here they share just one thing about the piece.

SLMMay 9, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Dylan McNulty-Holmes

Dylan McNulty-Holmes’ poem “Ode to My Preposterous Tiny Moustache’s First International Flight” is a glorious celebration of a body moving through both space and into identity. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMMay 2, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with James Magruder

James Magruder’s essay “Fairy Godfather” invites us, with wit and candor, into an encounter that begins with showbiz dazzle and ends with a permanent shift. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMApril 4, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Chabeli Farro

Chabeli Farro’s artwork “Connected” springs and branches with captivating symmetry, drawing us into its center. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMMarch 28, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Janet Stapelman

Janet Stapelmans artwork “Factory with Red Lights” is a live with texture, beautiful geometric precision, and brilliant color. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMMarch 7, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Kurt David

Kurt David’s poem “Galentine’s Day” contains taco trucks, a dog on the couch, an ear to chew on, the word “lover.” Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMFebruary 29, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Ani King

Ani King’s flash “Mother-Mother, Wasp-Mother” buzzes with longing, stings with nemory, and sighs with all a missing person leaves behind. Here they share just one thing about the piece.

SLMFebruary 22, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Razi Shadmehry

Razi Shadmehry’s flash “The Green House” gives us breathless prose that cracks open to show us both the inside of the house and of the central “you.” Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMFebruary 8, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Ina Cariño

Ina Cariño’s poem “Keep Sweet” shines and slices with the beautiful sharp edges of gems and of being alive. Here they share just one thing about the piece.

SLMFebruary 1, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Natalie Fontanez

Natalie Fontanez’s artwork “Sticky” zooms us into the irrevocable moment when you can’t unstep in that gum. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJanuary 24, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Craig Tollifson

Craig Tollifson’s story “They Agreed” contains curious crows, banned doors, an unraveling relationship, and pepperoni. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJanuary 18, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Michael Bird

Michael Bird’s essay “Tidewrack” gives us a moving meditation on the nature of help. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJanuary 11, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with J. Marcelo Borromeo

J. Marcelo' Borromeo’s story “Gang of Four, the Fourth and Final Season” written as sitcom episode synopses, delights, disturbs and twists . Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJanuary 9, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Kelley “Kel” Hudson

Kelley “Kel” Hudson’s artwork “Green and Grey” defamiliarizes the suburban landscape by placing its relentless grid into sharp focus. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMJanuary 4, 2024blog, just one thing

Just One Thing with Sunwoo Jeong

Sunwoo Jeong’s flash “David Lewis Says” contains piercings, blind dates, and cosmic dust, and asks us what a hole really is or could be. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

SLMDecember 19, 2023blog, just one thing