Patrick McGinty received his MFA in Fiction from Portland State University. His fiction and essays have appeared in publications including ZYZZYVA, The Baffler, Bright Wall/Dark Room, and The New Inquiry, among others. His Sunday book reviews regularly appear in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and he teaches in the English Department at Slippery Rock University. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Candace Jane Opper, and their son.
