Eliz­a­beth Kadet­sky’s short sto­ries have been cho­sen for a Push­cart Prize, Best New Amer­i­can Voic­es, and two Best Amer­i­can Short Sto­ries notable cita­tions, and her per­son­al essays have appeared in The New York Times, Guer­ni­ca and else­where. She is an asso­ciate pro­fes­sor of fic­tion and non­fic­tion at Penn State Uni­ver­si­ty and a non­fic­tion edi­tor at New Eng­land Review.