Ian Stansel is the author of the collection of stories EVERYBODY'S IRISH, a finalist for the PEN/Bingham prize for debut fiction. His fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Ploughshares, Joyland, Ecotone and Cincinnati Review. His nonfiction has appeared in Salon, CutBank and The Good Men Project. He holds an MFA in fiction writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Houston, where he was the editor of Gulf Coast. He currently serves as assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Louisville.
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