Mary Cappello is featured in guest author blogs for this chain of bookstores in what us city?
Mary Cappello Mary Cappello is a writer and professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island. She is the author of five books of literary nonfiction, and her essays and experimental prose have been published in "The Georgia Review", "Salmagundi" and "Cabinet Magazine". Her work has been featured in "The New York Times", "Salon", "The Huffington Post", in guest author blogs for Powell's Books, and on six separate occasions as Notable Essay of the Year in Best American Essays. A 2011 Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts/Nonfiction, she recently received a 2015 Berlin Prize from The American Academy in Berlin, a fellowship awarded to scholars, writers, composers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields.
Elissa Schappell Elissa Schappell is an American novelist, short-story writer, editor and essayist. Her first book of fiction, "Use Me", a collection of 10 linked short stories, was published in 2000 by William Morrow, and was runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award. She is the co-founder of the literary magazine "Tin House" and Editor-at-Large. She was previously a Senior Editor at "The Paris Review". She is a Contributing-editor at "Vanity Fair", and was the longtime of author of the "Hot Type" book column. A second book of fiction, "Blueprints for Building Better Girls", was published by Simon & Schuster in 2011. It was chosen as a "Best Book of the Year" by "The San Francisco Chronicle", "The Boston Globe", "The Wall Street Journal". "Newsweek/The Daily Beast", and "O Magazine". She teaches at schools including Columbia University, NYU, and Queens University. Originally from Delaware, she now lives in Brooklyn with her family.