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Brian Schwartz’s fiction and non-fiction have appeared or will appear soon in Harvard Review, Ascent, Washington Square, The Seattle Review and others. His story “Different Skin” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He also writes the sports column A Fan’s Notes at TheRumpus.net. Schwartz received an M.F.A. in fiction from the University of California, Irvine, where he was awarded a Regents Fellowship and the Cheng Fellowship in Fiction. He is now a lecturer in the Expository Writing Program at New York University. 

Genevieve Leone’s poetry has appeared in Del Sol Review, Faultline, Pool and Zocalo Public Square. Her poems are also now appearing throughout New York City as part of the Great Egg Hunt, which you can follow on Facebook.

Brando Skyhorse’s first book, The Madonnas of Echo Park, received the 2011 PEN/Hemingway award and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His memoir, Things My Fathers Taught Me, will be published in May 2013. 

About the Series: KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction

The KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction showcases the finest in contemporary fiction from new and emerging writers.

Suzanne Dottino/fiction curator,