Patrick E. Horrigan is the author of Portraits At An Exhibition, about a young man's search for the meaning of life amid a gallery of old master portraits, and Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay At the Movies, an analysis of several popular films from the 1960s and 70s. With his husband, the actor and writer Eduardo Leanez, he co-wrote the solo show You Are Confused! and hosts Actors With Accents, a recurring variety show at Teatro Circulo in Manhattan's East Village.
Sara Lippmann is the author of the story collection Doll Palace. The recipient of a 2012 fellowship in fiction from the New York Foundation for the Arts, her work has appeared in The Good Men Project, Wigleaf, Slice, Tupelo Quarterly, Joyland and elsewhere. Currently she co-hosts the Sunday Salon, a longstanding reading series in New York's East Village. ,br>
Jacob M. Appel's first novel, The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up, won the 2012 Dundee International Book Award and his short story collection, Scouting for the Reaper, won the 2012 Hudson Prize. His recent books include a novel, The Biology of Luck, an essay collection, Phoning Home, and a short story collection, Einstein's Beach House. His stories have been short-listed for the O. Henry Award, Best American Short Stories, Best American Nonrequired Reading, and the Pushcart Prize anthology.
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