John Eisenberg is one of the country’s most acclaimed sportswriters. A native of Dallas, and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he started out at The Dallas Times Herald before joining The Baltimore Sun, where for 27 years he wrote… Continue Reading
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Johnson, Melissa Fite
Melissa Fite Johnson is the author of three full-length collections, most recently “Midlife Abecedarian” (Riot in Your Throat, 2024). Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Pleiades, HAD, Whale Road Review, SWWIM and elsewhere. Melissa, a high school English teacher, is… Continue Reading
Jessen, Lauren Kung
Lauren Kung Jessen is a mixed-race Chinese American writer with a fondness for witty, flirtatious dialogue and making meals with too many steps but lots of flavor. She is fascinated by myths and superstitions and how ideas, beliefs, traditions and… Continue Reading
Wishingrad, Alysa
Alysa Wishingrad writes fantastical stories for young readers, tales that ask “is the truth really true?” Her favorite stories are those that meld the historical with the fantastic, and that find ways to shine a light on both the things… Continue Reading
Kristof, Nicholas
Nicholas D. Kristof is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo. He is the coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: “Tightrope,” “A Path… Continue Reading
Dickinson, Seth
Seth Dickinson is the author of “Exordia,” the Baru Cormorant novels, and many short stories. Seth wrote much of the lore and backstory for Bungie Studios’ “Destiny.” Seth now works at Unknown Worlds Entertainment, creators of Subnautica. Seth lives in… Continue Reading
Shepard, Ray Anthony
Ray Anthony Shepard’s biographies provide young readers with an engaging and corrective understanding of race in American lives. Ray is a retired history teacher and textbook editor. He now writes books that didn’t exist when he was in the classroom… Continue Reading
Foster, Anne
Anne L. Foster has taught history at Indiana State University since 2003. She earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University and her B.A. from American University. She writes about the history of drugs, particularly focusing on U.S. relations with Southeast Asia.… Continue Reading
Nordhaus, Jean
Jean Nordhaus’s six volumes of poetry include “The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn” (Milkweed Editions), “Innocence (Ohio State University Press), “Memos from the Broken World” (Mayapple Press), “My Life in Hiding” (Quarterly Review of Literature), and, most recently, “The Music… Continue Reading
Van Booy, Simon
Simon Van Booy is the award-winning, best-selling author of more than a dozen books for adults and children, including, “The Illusion of Separateness” and “The Presence of Absence.” He is the editor of three volumes of philosophy and has written… Continue Reading
