The Pinch

The Pinch is a biannual literary magazine published at the University of Memphis. Works previously published in the magazine has been reprinted in the Best American Essays and Best American Nonrequired Reading, or have won a Pushcart Prize. The magazine was founded by William Page in 1980, under the name Memphis State Review. Its name was changed to River City in 1988 and to The Pinch in 2006. The name "The Pinch" comes from Memphis' old Jewish ghetto, as detailed by Memphis writer Steve Stern.