CHARLES YU is the author of three books, including the novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, which was a New York Times Notable Book and named one of the best books of the year by Time magazine. He was nominated for two WGA awards for his work on HBO’s Westworld and
Read MoreJames Romm is James H. Ottaway Jr., Professor of Classics at Bard College. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His books include The Edges of
Patrick deWitt was born in 1975. His debut novel Ablutions (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was published in 2009. His second novel, The Sisters Brothers, will be published by Ecco in 2011. He lives
Kurt Rheinheimer’s stories have appeared in magazines ranging from Redbook and Playgirl to Shenandoah and Glimmer Train, and have been anthologized in four volumes of New Stories From The South: The Year’s
James Steed is working on writing experiment, a novel that he’s “building” in the form of a website, with links to related material like historical websites and YouTube videos. He says of it, “My
Willie Smith is deeply ashamed of being human. His work celebrates this horror. He has been published by Exquisite Corpse, Pindeldyboz, Cherry Bleeds, The 2nd Hand, Semantikon, and countless other places. His novel,