Steve Almond
Steve Almond is the author of a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction, including All the Secrets of the World and the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His most recent book is Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories. His essays and reviews have been published in venues ranging from The New York Times Magazine to Ploughshares to Poets & Writers, and his short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, Best American Mysteries, and Best American Erotica. Almond is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and cohosted the Dear Sugars podcast with Cheryl Strayed for four years. He teaches at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, and lives outside Boston with his family, his debt, and his anxiety.
Steve Almond is the author of a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction, including All the Secrets of the World and the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His most recent book is Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories. His essays and reviews have been published in venues ranging from The New York Times Magazine to Ploughshares to Poets & Writers, and his short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, Best American Mysteries, and Best American Erotica. Almond is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and cohosted the Dear Sugars podcast with Cheryl Strayed for four years. He teaches at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, and lives outside Boston with his family, his debt, and his anxiety.
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