var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-20106978-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Don’t mind me.Tumblr (3.0; @justynharkin)http://justynharkin.com/<p>My story “Rainbow Dogs” is going to be in it. How cool! Major thanks to Chris Heavener at Annalemma for giving the story its first home. </p>http://justynharkin.com/post/17163862884http://justynharkin.com/post/17163862884Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:38:28 -0600<a href="http://usedfurniturereview.com/2012/02/06/prime-by-justyn-harkin/">New Story at Used Furniture Review</a>: <p>Delighted to see my new story, “Prime,” over at <em>Used Furniture Review</em>. </p>http://justynharkin.com/post/17157783588http://justynharkin.com/post/17157783588Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:55:54 -0600“If there’s any guy crazy enough to attack me, I’m going to show him the end of the world—close up. I’m going to let him see the kingdom come with his own eyes. I’m going to send him straight to the Southern Hemisphere and let the ashes of death rain all over him and the kangaroos and the wallabies.”<br/><br/> - <em>Haruki Murakami on kicking dudes in the balls</em>http://justynharkin.com/post/16119730830http://justynharkin.com/post/16119730830Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:52:57 -0600<p>I’ll have a new piece in <a href="http://usedfurniturereview.com/" title="Used Furniture Review" target="_blank">Used Furniture Review</a> some time soon. I really like this journal, and I’m delighted to be appearing in it once again.</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/14340633257http://justynharkin.com/post/14340633257Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:30:51 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltf1ywbWoF1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hello, stationery.</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/11730451876http://justynharkin.com/post/11730451876Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:42:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsz8w4Z7xS1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Oh?</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/11373241827http://justynharkin.com/post/11373241827Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:50:28 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrxqqqIZZn1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span><strong>Rage! </strong>Not only did this <a title="website" target="_blank" href="http://www.getinterior.info/Living-Room/furniture-review/">website</a> steal my story, they fucked it up as well. Although, truth be told, I’m kind of intrigued by the possibilities of “Pecker Penmanship.” </span></p>http://justynharkin.com/post/10523496850http://justynharkin.com/post/10523496850Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:47:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrtnkoggYz1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Looks legit.</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/10440575098http://justynharkin.com/post/10440575098Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:48:24 -0500“Sorry, but AWP provides no rankings of creative writing programs because such rankings are misleading.”<br/><br/> - <em><a title="http://guide.awpwriter.org/rankings.php" target="_blank" href="http://guide.awpwriter.org/rankings.php">The AWP Official Guide to Writing Programs</a></em>http://justynharkin.com/post/10278074425http://justynharkin.com/post/10278074425Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:30:50 -0500“<p>‘I’ve never seen anything like this,’ I told Michael Grunze, 25, one of the team’s best defenders, as I watched my first game.</p> <p>‘Neither have we,’ he deadpanned.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>“For the Chicago Comets, Blindness Is No Impediment to Tough Competition,” <a title="ChicagoMag.com" target="_blank" href="http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/September-2011/For-the-Chicago-Comets-Blindness-No-Impediment-to-Tough-Competition/">ChicagoMag.com</a></em>http://justynharkin.com/post/10165417809http://justynharkin.com/post/10165417809Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:35:00 -0500<a href="http://usedfurniturereview.com/2011/09/06/sobriquet-by-justyn-harkin-read-by-lindsay-hunter/">Go Read Used Furniture Review</a>: <p>My story “Sobriquet” went live at<em> Used Furniture Review</em> earlier today with an amazing recorded reading by Lindsay Hunter.</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/9903065724http://justynharkin.com/post/9903065724Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:14:31 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqic08bzLY1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>For really, really bad dogs…</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/9393013795http://justynharkin.com/post/9393013795Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:31:20 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqg9jomcSi1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Thank you, kind stranger.</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/9345365165http://justynharkin.com/post/9345365165Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:43:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lphs5weuOV1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I wonder which aisle has the paddles…</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/8547731699http://justynharkin.com/post/8547731699Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:49:08 -0500“Following Sunday’s pathetic excuse for an agreement on raising the government’s borrowing limit, Democrats and Republicans took time to celebrate the meager, ineffective deal, calling it ‘a testament to the not-so-great things that can happen in Washington when both parties barely come together and agree to not really accomplish anything.’”<br/><br/> - <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/democrats-republicans-celebrate-pitiful-excuse-for,21052/">The Onion</a></em>http://justynharkin.com/post/8388888664http://justynharkin.com/post/8388888664Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:03:18 -0500<a href="http://www.hobartpulp.com/website/august/harkin.html">Go Read Hobart </a>: <p>I cannot begin to describe how excited I am to be in this month’s Hobart (web). I’ve been reading and re-reading the work of fellow August contributors Casey Hannan, Donna D.Vitucci, and Nick Scorza, and find myself humbled to be in their company. </p>http://justynharkin.com/post/8385853261http://justynharkin.com/post/8385853261Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:19:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp63l9H7GD1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>There’s a market for these in Newton, Iowa.</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/8272491250http://justynharkin.com/post/8272491250Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:24:44 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lopnltqtkp1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I can never hope to find anything else half as awesome.</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/7907954822http://justynharkin.com/post/7907954822Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:17:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo5gnoNp7J1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I don’t know why, but this image cracks me up.</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/7479971207http://justynharkin.com/post/7479971207Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:35:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnx6j0dOLh1qfocm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Too much…good stuff… Isn’t that bad by definition?</p>http://justynharkin.com/post/7305290003http://justynharkin.com/post/7305290003Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:16:12 -0500