FARHAT IFTEKHARRUDIN is Associate Professor of English and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Texas, Brownsville. He is the editor of the literary journal Short Story.JOSEPH BOYDEN is Instructor of English at the University of New Orleans. He has published short fiction in Black Warrior Review, Cimmaron review, Blue Penny Quarterly, and Green Hills Literary Lantern, along with a collection of short stories, Born with a Tooth (2001).JOSEPH LONGO is Instructor of English at the University of New Orleans. His short fiction has appeared in PRISM and in the anthology French Quarter Fiction. He is currently working on a novel.MARY ROHRBERGER is Adjunct Professor of English at the University of New Orleans. She is the author of numerous books and articles and is Executive Director of the Society for the Study of the Short Story.
