VIRTUAL - 7.13 Books Panel

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Jenny Bhatt is a writer, literary translator, and book critic. She's the host of the Desi Books podcast and teaches at Writing Workshops Dallas. Her story collection, Each of Us Killers, was out in September 2020. Her literary translation of Dhumketu's best story stories, Ratno Dholi, is out in October 2020. Her writing has appeared or will be coming soon in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, NPR, Poets & Writers, Longreads, Literary Hub, and more. She lives in the Dallas area. More information at https://jennybhattwriter.com.

A MacDowell and Hawthornden Castle Fellow, Leland Cheuk is an award-winning author of three books of fiction, most recently the novel NO GOOD VERY BAD ASIAN (2019). Cheuk’s work has been covered in Buzzfeed, The Paris Review, VICE, San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere, and has appeared or is forthcoming in publications such as NPR, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, among other outlets. He is the founder of the indie press 7.13 Books. He lives in Brooklyn and teaches at the Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute. You can follow him on Twitter @lcheuk and at lelandcheuk.com.

Beth Lisick is a writer and actor. She is the author of six books including the New York Times bestselling comic memoir Everybody Into the Pool and the novel Edie on the Green Screen. She has also worked as a promotional banana mascot, a baker, and an aide to people with developmental disabilities and dementia. Her latest project is the serial opera podcast The Electronic Lover, for which she and composer Lisa Mezzacappa received a grant from the Gerbode Foundation.

Ross Wilcox is from Elk Point, South Dakota. His stories have appeared in numerous literary journals. Golden Gate Jumper Survivors Society is his debut book. Currently, he's at work on a novel. He lives in Fort Worth with his wife and two elderly cats. You can follow him on Twitter at @rossofthewilcox or visit rosswilcox.com for more information.