Christopher Merrill

A generous, and thoughtful, review of Flash Fiction International by Pedro Ponce. Read it here. 

In an another edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Yashar Vasef and Niloufar Talebi, as well as Christopher about the Iran nuclear deal.

A nice review of Flash Fiction International. Read it here.

Another fine review of Flash Fiction International. Read it here. 

Nancy Stohlman reviews Flash Fiction International, a collection of flash fiction edited by Christopher, saying, "One of the revelations I have as I engage with this collection is the uniqueness and distinction of culture and cultural interests and the universality of storytelling that crosses culture." Read the full review here.

Christopher talks to Leonard Schwartz of Jacket 2 about Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars. Check out the full interview now!

An episode called "Song of Myself: Walt Whitman in Other Words" in which are readings and discussion between Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Christopher Merrill and Sholeh Wolpé. Listen to it here. 

A symposium arranged by Christopher's co-editor, Robbie Shepard, in which authors from the U.S., Mexico, Israel, New Zealand, India, Australia, and Brazil respond to questions on writing flash fiction (with some interesting rules!). Take a look here. 

Sarah Freligh publishes a splendid review on Flash Fiction International on the website of Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction. Read her thoughts on it here. 

An insightful review by Elizabeth Morton from New Zealand. In it, she touches on her perspective of having her own country represented in its publication. Read it here.