Mary Grimm has published a novel, Left to Themselves, and a story collection, Stealing Time, both with Random House. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Redbook, Antioch Review, Mississippi Review, among other places. She teaches fiction writing at Case Western Reserve University.

A professor at Brandeis International Business School, John Ballantine took his Bachelor’s degree in English at Harvard, with an M.A. from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Economics from NYU Stern. He has published economic commentary in Salon and the Boston Globe. His literary work has appeared in Crack the Spine, Penmen Review, Ragazine,...

Katie Clark is newly twenty and working on loving the world. She is currently studying English and Anthropology at Mount Holyoke College. Katie works for Vagabond City and has interviewed Franny Choi, Emily O’Neill, and Steve Roggenbuck, amongst others kind enough to share their time. Katie’s latest work can be...