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Jana Misk

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Portrait: Jana Misk

Jana Misk is a former connoisseur of New Age self-help books, but now prefers to cull her life lessons from TV shows like Cougar Town and HBO's In Treatment. She lives with several reasonably happy houseplants in Minneapolis.

Recent Articles

  • Justin Cronin's The Passage: A Review, of Sorts
    Editor

    passage1.jpg784 pp., Ballatine, $27

    Reviewed by Sara Joy Culver

    1.
    The important thing to understand before you read this review is that I am not a snob.

    [read]8.24.10

  • Literary Lessons from Across the Pond
    Editor

    This excerpt from the diary of Eric Murphy, dated 24 June 2010, is currently on loan to dislocate.org from the British National Museum for Literature.

    24 June 2010
    As I find myself in the middle of an extended stay on a peculiar, far-flung Island which has no access to Taco Bell and whose barbaric entertainment systems are incompatible with my 30 Rock digital versatile discks, I need something to occupy me throughout the evening and night.

    [read]8.01.10

What's Going On

  • Issue 7 Reading Period Open
    Editor

    Attention writers and readers: We are now accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions for our Issue 7 reading period, July 15 to November 15, 2010. This year we have transitioned to an online-only submission policy: submit your work via Submishmash. This will streamline our reading process and expedite responses to our prospective contributors.

    [read]7.14.10

  • dislocate Launch Party: What You Missed
    Editor

    Didn't get a chance to attend dislocate's annual shindig, celebrating the new issue release and the launch of the website whose site tracker statistics you are at this very moment improving? We made a slideshow for you so that you would make sure to clear your calendar and book plane tickets to Minneapolis for next year.

    [read]5.16.10

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