Dale Peck is the author of twelve books in a variety of genres, including Martin and John, Hatchet Jobs, and Sprout. His fiction and criticism have appeared in dozens of publications, and have earned him two O. Henry Awards, a Pushcart Prize, a Lambda Literary Award, and John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. He lives in New York City, where he has taught in the New School’s Graduate Writing Program since 1999.
With contributions from:
Mary Gaitskill, Bret Easton Ellis, Denis Johnson, Jamaica Kincaid, Raymond Carver, A.M. Homes, Amy Hempel, Susan Minot, Patrick McGrath, Dorothy Allison, Eileen Myles, Dennis Cooper, Jessica Hagedorn, Lynne Tillman, Christopher Bram, Robert Glück, Brad Gooch, Gary Indiana, Jim Lewis, Suzanne Gardinier, Sarah Schulman, Laurie Weeks, Sam D'Allesandro, Bruce Benderson, Dodie Bellamy, David Wojnarowicz, Essex Hemphill, Jaime Manrique, John Keene, Gil Cuadros, Kevin Killian, Randall Kenan, and Rebecca Brown.