Elizabeth Graver

Elizabeth Graver’s fourth novel, The End of the Point, was long-listed for the 2013 National Book Award in Fiction and selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her other novels are Awake, The Honey Thief, and Unravelling. Her story collection, Have You Seen Me?, won the 1991 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Her work has been anthologized in Best American Short Stories; Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, and Best American Essays. She teaches at Boston College and is at work on a novel inspired by her grandmother, who was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Istanbul. 

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The End of the Point (novel) book cover. Published 2013, HarperCollins. New York Times Notable Book, Long-listed for the National Book Award in Fiction

J.C. Hallman

J.C. Hallman was born in Detroit, grew up in California, and sort of lives in New York. He is the author of six books, and he has published essays in GQ, Harper's, The Baffler, Tin House, The Believer, and a variety of other journals and publications. In 2009, he received a McKnight Fellowship for his fiction, and 2013, he was a Guggenheim Fellow in the "general nonfiction" category. 

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Cover of November, 2017 issue of Harpers Magazine, featuring Hallman’s essay, “Monumental Error.”