Rowland Saifi grew up in Brazil, Arkansas, and places in between before attending Naropa University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Denver. Other books include the novels
Lit Windows and
The Minotaur's Daughter, and the novella
Karner Blue Estates. Work has appeared in
Fact-Simile, Marginalia, Bombay Gin, Livestock Review, Newfound Journal, Kneejerk Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, and
The New York Times. Exhibitions include Cairo on the Length a Psychogeography of Egypt curated by Amira Hanafi at Spoke Gallery, and Institutional Garbage, curated by Caroline Picard and Lara School at Hyde Park Arts Center.
