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Charles Salzberg is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Esquire, New York Magazine and the New York Times. He teaches writing at the New York Writers Workshop and is one of the founding members of New York Writers Resources. He is the author of over 25 books, the latest of which, Swann’s Last Song, was released last month.  This is the midpoint of his whirlwind, one-city, three readings tour.

Allison Amend was born in Chicago, Illinois on a day when the Cubs beat the Mets 2-0. She attended Stanford University and holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. While there, she learned never to live downwind from a pig farm and how to put English on a cue ball. Her work has received awards from and appeared in One Story, Black Warrior Review, StoryQuarterly, Bellevue Literary Review, the Atlantic Monthly, Glimmer Train, Prairie Schooner, and Other Voices, among other publications. Allison lives in New York City where she teaches fiction and is a founder of Wordfarm NYC, a tutoring and education services organization. Her debut short story collection, Things That Pass for Love, will be published in October 2008 by OV Books. Visit her on the web at www.allisonamend.com.

About the Series: Trumpet Fiction

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