Howard Schneider, a writer and editor, wrote a teenage fan letter to Ralph Ellison. Ellison’s reply isn’t in this book, as he never sent... Read More

Martin Steingesser is the author of the poetry collection, Brothers of Morning. His poems also have appeared in The Sun magazine and the Progressive. An award-winning touring artist, he... Read More

Bernard Leikind is a physicist known among skeptics for his investigation and explanation of firewalking. He lives near San Diego.

Robert Coover is an author and professor emeritus in the literary arts program at Brown University. His most recent book, The Brunist Day of... Read More

John Zerilli lives in Sydney and is an attorney and part-time lecturer in philosophy. His research involves Kantian frameworks for the study of mind, neuroscience,... Read More

Heather Augustyn lives in Northwest Indiana with her husband and two sons. She is a local newspaper correspondent, a writing teacher at Chesterton Montessori School,... Read More

Justin Pergolini is a senior at Haverford High School in Pennsylvania and lives with his mother, father, and three sisters in Ardmore. He enjoys studying... Read More

Anne Whitehouse is the author of The Surveyor’s Hand (poems) and the novel Fall Love, which is available free from feedbooks.com or smashwords.com. Her... Read More

Lisa Barr, MA, PhD, JD, worked in commercial and public radio and television for over twenty-five years. She currently teaches courses in journalism and... Read More

Michele Leavitt is a former trial attorney who now teaches writing at the University of Idaho.  “The Poison Cure” is excerpted from her memoir... Read More