How to Read an Unwritten Language (32 page)

Graham's fiction has appeared in 
The New Yorker
, 
North American Review
, 
Fiction
, 
Los Angeles Review
 and elsewhere, and his nonfiction has appeared in the New York
Times
, Chicago
Tribune
, 
Poets & Writers Magazine
, and the Washington
Post
. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, two Illinois Arts Council awards, and the William Peden Prize in Fiction, Graham teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Vermont College of Fine Arts. A founding editor of the literary/arts journal 
Ninth Letter
, he has served as the fiction and nonfiction editor, and as an editor-at-large for the journal's website. His posts on the craft of writing can be found at
www.philipgraham.net

 

Alex Shakar is the author of the story collection
City of Love
(winner of the FC2 National Fiction Competition), and the novels
The Savage Girl
(a
New York Times
Notable Book) and
Luminarium
(winner of the 2011
Los Angeles Times
Book Award). He teaches at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.