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Deb Olin Unferth’s fiction has appeared in Harper’s, NOON, and The Denver Quarterly among others. She received the Pushcart Prize and a fellowship with the Illinois Arts Council. Her first book, Minor Robberies, a collection of stories, and first novel, Vacation were published by Mc Sweeny’s. Ms. Unferth currently lives in Lawrence, Kansas where she teaches Creative Writing at the University of Kansas. She is also a frequent contributor to NOON and founder/editor of Parakeet.

Paul Harding holds an MFA from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. He was 2000-2001 Fiction Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center and has published his work in the Harvard Review and Shakepainter. His debut novel, Tinkers published by Bellevue Literary Press, has been acclaimed by The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, and Publishers Weekly. Mr. Harding resides in Georgetown, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. He also teaches Creative Writing at Harvard.

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