McKenzie Hightower is a recent graduate from the University of Notre Dame. She recently attended the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop and the New York State Summer Writers Institute. Works from her unpublished short story collection, "We All Walk Away, But We Do Not Leave," have appeared in Tin House: Open Bar, Bull Magazine: Men's Fiction, and the collection was recently named a Semi-Finalist in the Black Lawrence Press Chapbook Contest. She has just accepted a Fulbright Student Fellowship and will be teaching English and creative writing in Poland for the next year.
Vera Kurian is a scientist and writer living in Washington DC. Her fiction has appeared in Glimmer Train, Day One, The Pinch, and elsewhere. Her current work in progress is a speculative science fiction series. She can be found at verakurian.com and @vera_kurian
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