Paula Whyman
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| \n\nPaula Whyman\n | \nPaula is a \;finalist for the Philip&n bsp\;D. Reed Environmental Writing Award\, and the author of "Bad Naturali st\," a Library of Virginia People&rsquo\;s Choice Award Finalist in Nonfi ction. Her \;writing has appeared in \;The Washington Post \;a nd \;The \;American \;Scholar\, and in journals including \;McSweeney&rsquo\;s Quarterly\, \;Virginia Quarterly Review\, \;P loughshares\, \;and \;The Hudson Review. Her earlier book\, "You M ay See a Stranger\," is \;an award-winning linked short story collecti on. She has been in residence at MacDowell\, Yaddo\, VCCA\, The Studios of Key West and Oak Spring Garden Foundation. \;Her work on this book wa s supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council. \;She spends h er time on a mountain in Virginia with her husband and a mercurial standar d poodle. You can find her at \;paul awhyman.com \;and \;keep up with news from the mountain via he r \;Bad Natural ist newsletter. | \n
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| \n\nAmy Stolls\n | \nAs the former Director of Literary Ar ts at the National Endowment for the Arts\, Amy managed a portfolio of gra nts to literary organizations\; fellowships to poets\, prose writers and l iterary translators\; and large national initiatives\, including Poetry Ou t Loud and the NEA Big Read. She is the author of two novels: "Palms to th e Ground\," published by Farrar\, Straus &\; Giroux (2005)\, and "The N inth Wife\," published by HarperCollins (2011). You can find her at amystolls.com. \; | \n
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