Paul Hanstedt has been a professor of English and creative writing for fifteen years and is the editor of the national literary journal The Roanoke Review. His work has appeared in Puerto Del Sol, Confrontation, Writing on the Edge, the Beloit Fiction Journal, MLA's The Profession, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Brain, Child, for which he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He's the author of General Education Essentials: A Guide for College Faculty and is also a staple on the Virginia Public Radio station WVTF, with a listening audience of 160,000. He currently lives in Virginia.