The Pinch

The Pinch is a biannual literary magazine run by graduate students and faculty at the University of Memphis. It publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art.

Works previously published in the magazine have been reprinted in the Best American Essays and Best American Nonrequired Reading, and have won a Pushcart Prize.

The magazine was established 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.