Adrian Van Young is the author of five books of fiction–most recently, Family Thing, a story collection coming from Black Lawrence Press in October 2027. His fiction, non-fiction & criticism have been published or are forthcoming in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, Conjunctions, Guernica, BOMB, Granta, McSweeney’s and The New Yorker online, among others. He teaches part-time in the MFA Program at University of New Orleans, is a professional freelance editor, and currently splits his time between New Orleans and Paris, where he lives with his family. More at: adrianvanyoung.com.