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Ellis Avery

Priscilla Becker

Joshua Bell

Amy Benson

Sonya Chung

Stacey D'Erasmo

Emily Fragos

Aaron Hamburger

Stefania Heim

Sam Lipsyte

Ben Marcus

Kelly McMasters

Jenny Offill

Cecily Parks

Mark Rozzo

Rachel Sherman

Justin Taylor

Alan Ziegler

Aaron Hamburger

Lecturer

Aaron Hamburger was awarded the Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his short story collection The View From Stalin's Head (Random House, 2004), also nominated for a Violet Quill Award.  His next book, a novel titled Faith For Beginners (Random House, 2005), was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.  His writing has appeared in Poets and Writers, Tin House, Details, The Forward, Boulevard, and The Village Voice.  He has received fellowships from the Edward F. Albee Foundation and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbria, Italy, as well as residencies from Yaddo and Djerassi.