Connecting with Andre Dubus III’s “Silver”
by Nathan Isaksson · September 27, 2017My parents managed to stay together after all this time, which I suppose is a blessing. My father has four sisters, all of whom are long [...]
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Editor Spotlight: Laura Furman, Series Editor of the Acclaimed O. Henry Prize Stories
by Megan Sexton · July 15, 2017Megan Sexton: I was so thrilled that Kevin Barry’s story “A Cruelty” that I’d solicited for Five Points (Vol. 16, no. 3) was selected for this year’s [...]
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Announcing Katie E. Pryor as the Winner of the 2017 James Dickey Prize for Poetry
by Megan Sexton · June 08, 2017We are delighted to announce Katie E. Pryor as this year’s winner of the James Dickey Prize for Poetry. Her poems will be published in the Volume 18, number [...]
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Connecting with Eleanor Coppola’s “Notes on a Life”
by Ansley Kent · April 18, 2017Spring graduation impends for students of all ages, and there are many, like myself, who are asking the question of where to go next? For some, [...]
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Connecting with Viet Dinh’s “Substitutes”
by Linda Tran · April 12, 2017The turbulent firing of machine guns in the heart of Saigon during 1968 terrified my grandmother. The first day of the bloodbath was the only day [...]
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Floating the Boat
by Lindsay Green · March 30, 2017This is the first in a series of pieces on “A-Town Oddities” I wrote for Five Points Literary Journal, featuring unusual and intriguing sites in Atlanta [...]
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