Forgotten Bottom Remembered

August Tarrier works as an editor and manuscript consultant, specializing in novels and screenplays, as well as scholarly and academic work, including articles for professional journals, dissertations, and books. She leads writing workshops with community members in Philadelphia. She was formerly the Editor of New City Press, a community press in Philadelphia. August earned a Ph.D in contemporary literature from Temple University and currently teaches creative-writing at Villanova University. She has won four national awards for her short stories, including the Zoetrope Prize, and is currently at work on a novel. (For more information, see augusttarrier.com)

"I loved the honesty and warmth of these voices." -Lorene Cary, author of The Price of a Child