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Two books forthcoming in early 2020: I Will Take the Answer (essays) and The Gnome Stories (fiction).

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Bio, short: Ander Monson is the author of eight books, including the forthcoming I Will Take the Answer and The Gnome Stories from Graywolf. He edits the magazine DIAGRAM <thediagram.com> among other projects, and he directs the MFA program at the University of Arizona.

Bio, longer: Ander Monson is the author of eight books: four of nonfiction (Neck Deep and Other Predicaments, Vanishing Point, Letter to a Future Lover, and the forthcoming I Will Take the Answer), two poetry collections (Vacationland and The Available World), and two books of fiction, Other Electricities and The Gnome Stories. A finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Award (for Other Electricities) and a National Book Critics Circle in criticism (for Vanishing Point), he is also a recipient of a number of other prizes: a Howard Foundation Fellowship, the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize, the Annie Dillard Award for Nonfiction, the Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award in Nonfiction, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He edits the magazine DIAGRAM <thediagram.com>, the New Michigan Press, Essay Daily <essaydaily.org>, and a series of yearly literary/music tournaments: March Sadness (2016), March Fadness (2017), March Shredness (2018), and March Vladness (2019). He directs the MFA program at the University of Arizona.

website: http://otherelectricities.com
http://marchshredness.com
http://thediagram.com
http://newmichiganpress.com
twitter: @angermonsoon

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Where to find me. You might try emailing me at ander [at symbol which in Italian is chiocciola, for "snail"] thediagram.com if you like.