Kim Edwards, a graduate of Colgate University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, has won numerous awards for her fiction, including a Whiting Writers' Award, the Nelson Algren Award, and the National Magazine Award for Excellence in Fiction. She is the author of a collection of short stories, The...

Emmanuel Dongala is a Congolese short-story writer, novelist, playwright. After schooling in Brazzaville, he earned degrees in chemistry in the United States and France. Back in the Congo he worked as a teacher and dean until he was forced to leave after a bitter civil war. He now teaches at Bard...

Patrick is joined by Professor's Jane Pinchin and Jennifer Brice, along with graduate students Jan Taubman and Harry Raymond. Patrick OKeeffes collection of stories, The Hill Road (Viking Penguin), was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. The Hill Road also received The Story...