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    Phil Sandick

    Phil Sandick is a grad­u­ate of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­va­nia and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wis­con­sin-Madi­son. He has taught cours­es in lit­er­a­ture, com­po­si­tion, and cre­ative writ­ing since 2006. Phil is cur­rent­ly study­ing rhetoric and com­po­si­tion at the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Car­oli­na-Chapel Hill.
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    Joshua Ferris
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    Tehi­la Lieberman
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    Deborah Levy
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    Imre Kertesz; Tim Wilkinson, trans.
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    Howard Jacob­son
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