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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

Kelly Mcmasters

Lecturer

Kelly McMasters is the author of the narrative nonfiction book Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town (PublicAffairs, 2008).  Her essays and articles have appeared in such places as The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, Newsday, Elle Décor, Time Out New York, River Teeth, and MrBellersNeighborhood.com.  Kelly has a BA from Vassar College and an MFA in literary nonfiction from Columbia University.  She also teaches writing at mediabistro.com and in the Journalism Graduate School at Columbia University.