Gordon Lish (born February 11, 1934 in Hewlett, New York) is an American writer, as a literary editor, he championed many American authors, particularly Rick Bass (born March 7, 1958) is an American writer and ?
Gordon Lish Gordon Lish (born February 11, 1934 in Hewlett, New York) is an American writer. As a literary editor, he championed many American authors, particularly Raymond Carver, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, Rick Bass, and Richard Ford. He is the father of the novelist Atticus Lish.
Diane Simmons Diane Simmons is an author from the U.S. state of Oregon. She won the Oregon Book Award in for her novel "Dreams Like Thunder", and the Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction for "Little America". She teaches English at the City University of New York (CUNY). She published a biography of Caribbean author Jamaica Kincaid, which was based on her doctoral dissertation at CUNY.