Meg Pokrass

Meg Pokrass (born in Reading Pennsylvania) is a flash fiction author, editor, teacher, actor and animator. She is the younger sister of actress Sian Barbara Allen . Originally trained in theater, Meg Pokrass studied acting at Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts. Pokrass has been nominate for the Pushcart Prize two times, and for Dzanc's Best of the Web.
Pokrass began writing in New York, studying with author Molly Peacock at the 92nd Street Y, and later studying with writer Dorianne Laux.
Pokrass's debut collection of flash fiction, "Damn Sure Right" (2011) was published by Press 53.
Work
Pokrass serves as associate editor for Blip Magazine with Frederick Barthelme, and previously as editor for SmokeLong Quarterly. She is a panelist for the National Book Critics Circle Panels, covering topics such as the future of internet writing.
Meg Pokrass interviews authors for the Fictionaut website, as part of the Fictionaut Five Author Interviews. In this series, Pokrass has interviewed authors Mona Simpson, Charles Baxter, Roddy Doyle, Jane Smiley, and others.
She teaches creative writing at Dzanc Books.
Publications
Pokrass' recent writing has been published in online magazines and traditional print magazines such as Wigleaf, Mississippi Review, Big Muddy, Yalobusha Review, The Pedestal, Annalemma, Smokelong Quarterly, Elimae, Gigantic, Gargoyle, Mud Luscious Press, Juked, Pindeldyboz, FRIGG

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