Get Your TEETH Pitches in by May 15th!
Hypocrite Reader
One more week to get us your pitches! Some food for artistic thought:
the Barberini Ivory // Dogtooth // teething pain // Thebes // defanging political movements // leeches // dragon’s teeth // crocodiles // fear of dentists // “don’t bite the hand that feeds you” // Samson and the Philistines // chewing tobacco // gnashing of teeth // dental dams // love bites // gold teeth // tusks // incels’ obsession with tongue posture // dentures // The Skin of Our Teeth // gum // food // quijadas // snakebites // the jaws of life // force feeding // dinosaurs // Man Bites Dog // man bites dog // dental tourism // dental school // water fluoridation conspiracy theories // chupacabras // relics // fossils // identifying bodies // grins // grills // dental consonants // White Teeth // man eaters // rabies // canines // backbiting // parasites // shark attacks // spiders // vagina dentata // toothless policies // baleen // rei puta // dental insurance // biting criticism // vampires // White Fang // the sugar trade & imperialism // bite mark analysis & BS in forensic science // “good teeth” // tooth whitening // tooth blackening // tooth sharpening // walruses // soda // dental amalgam toxicity // “a tooth for a tooth” // “Be Your Own Dentist” // nature red in tooth and claw // leiomano // scrimshaw // Hellmouths // mammoths // Little Shop of Horrors // Godzilla // armed to the teeth // Rangda // narwhals // lying through your teeth // & more!
Still hungry for inspiration? Here are a few toothsome essays from our archives:
Crowd Theory by Anna Aizman
Emergencies by Olivia Durif
Father Revision by Michelle Benstman
Brain Wrap by Andy Jordan
Mama Never Talked by Julia Rosso
Dank Lexeme Stash: Tungusic Ideophones by James Meador
Taste and Swallow by Casey Lange
Beastly Flesh by Avi Garelick
excerpts from the decline of the wasp notebooks: the black notebook by Anna McConnell
Pitches for Poems by Cat Pierro
Afterthought on Occupations by Thomas Gaflan
Where do Dream Babies Come From? by Galen Beebe
Learning Breath Awareness Controls Fear by Christina Martin
And some toothy poetry, too:
Girl by Joseph Spece
Excerpts from “Tchotchke Party” by Ray Osborn
Three Poems by Piper Wheeler
Three Poems by Galen Beebe
Pitches due 5/15, welcome sooner!
Yours,
The Editors.
P.S. Lots more to chew on in our most recent patron-only newsletter, which included an annotated TEETH-themed playlist and advice column. Join our Patreon now to get access!