Jeff Parker

Jeff Parker is the author of several books including Where Bears Roam the Streets: A Russian Journal (Harper Collins), the novel Ovenman (Tin House), and the short story collection The Taste of Penny (Dzanc). With Pasha Malla he co-"wrote" the book of found sports poetry Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion (Featherproof). With Annie Liontas he co-edited the anthology A Manner of Being: Writers on Their Mentors (UMass Press). With Mikhail Iossel he co-edited the anthologies Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia (Tin House) and Amerika: Russian Writers View the United States (Dalkey Archive). He also co-translated the novel Sankya (Dzanc) by Zakhar Prilepin from the Russian. He is the Director of the DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon, and he teaches in the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For more: http://www.thebackoftheline.net