About the Millions
“The indispensable literary site” – The New York Times
Welcome to The Millions, an online magazine offering coverage on books, arts, and culture since 2003. The Millions has been featured on NPR and noted by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Village Voice, among others.
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Writing for The Millions
The Millions regularly publishes pieces from guest contributors. The Millions also has several paid staff writers. The number of staff writer spots is limited and we typically pull from our frequent guest contributors when adding new staff writers. If you’d like to write for The Millions, please contact Max.
The Millions Staff
C. Max Magee | Wawayanda Mountain | Editor
Max created and edits The Millions. He is co-editor of the collection of essays The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books, called “funny, poignant, relentlessly thought-provoking” by The Atlantic. He has appeared on NPR’s “Weekend Edition”, Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning”, and ABC Radio National’s “The Book Show” and has written for a number of publications. He and his family live in New Jersey.
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Ujala Sehgal | Brooklyn | Associate Editor
Ujala is an associate editor of The Millions. She lives in Brooklyn and works for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. She was formerly a writer for The Atlantic’s news website The Atlantic Wire, and a co-editor of the New York media website FishbowlNY. Her writing has appeared in The Millions, The Rumpus, her blog, among various other online publications.
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Adam Boretz | Capitol Hill | Associate Editor
Adam is an associate editor of The Millions. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University and is a reviews editor at Publishers Weekly. Most recently his fiction has appeared in Fawlt and Encyclopedia.
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Garth Risk Hallberg | Brooklyn
Garth Risk Hallberg is a staff writer for The Millions. He is the author of A Field Guide to the North American Family His stories and essays have appeared in Glimmer Train, Slate, Canteen Best New American Voices 2008, and Best of the Web 2008. He lives in Brooklyn.
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Edan Lepucki | Los Angeles
Edan is a staff writer for The Millions. She is a fiction writer and instructor living in Los Angeles, and her stories have been published in McSweeney’s, Narrative Magazine, Meridian, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine, among others. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and an excerpt of her recently-completed novel, The Book of Deeds, won the 2009 James D. Phelan Award. Her novella, If You’re Not Yet Like Me, was published last fall. Learn more about her writing classes at www.writingworkshopsla.com.
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Sonya Chung | The Bronx
Sonya is a staff writer for The Millions. She is the author of Long for This World, recently released by Scribner. Her stories, reviews, & essays have appeared in The Threepenny Review, Crab Orchard Review, Sonora Review, and BOMB Magazine, among others. She is a recipient of a Pushcart Prize nomination, the Charles Johnson Fiction Award, and the Bronx Council on the Arts Writers’ Fellowship & Residency. She is currently at work on a second novel and is a full-time faculty member in the Creative Writing Program at Columbia University. You can learn more about Sonya and her work at www.sonyachung.com.
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Emily St. John Mandel | Brooklyn
Emily is a staff writer for The Millions. Her new novel, The Lola Quartet, is forthcoming from McArthur & Company (Canada) and Unbridled Books (US) in spring 2012. Her two previous novels are Last Night In Montreal (an Indie Next Pick) and The Singer’s Gun (winner of an Indie Booksellers Choice Award, #1 Indie Next pick, included on a number of flattering lists.) Her short fiction will appear in the anthology Venice Noir, forthcoming from Akashic Books in February 2012. She lives in Brooklyn and has a website at www.emilymandel.com.
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Anne K. Yoder | Chicago
is a staff writer for The Millions. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Fence, Bomb, and Tin House, among other publications. She has received fellowships from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Summer Literary Seminars. She currently lives in Chicago.
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Kevin Hartnett | Philadelphia
Kevin, a staff writer for The Millions, is a regular contributor to the Christian Science Monitor Book Review. He blogs about fatherhood and family life at growingsideways.wordpress.com.
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Lydia Kiesling | Chicago
Lydia is a staff writer for The Millions. She is in graduate school at the University of Chicago and was the recipient of the 2010 Charm Quark Award in the 2010 3 Quarks Daily Arts and Literature Prize.
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Jacob Lambert | Philadelphia
Jacob is a staff writer for The Millions. He is a freelance humor writer and columnist in Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and itty-bitty son. Through the wonders of Twitter, you can follow his work here.
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Bill Morris | New York City
Bill is a staff writer for The Millions. He is the author of the novels Motor City and All Souls’ Day. His writing has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, L.A. Weekly, the (London) Independent, the Washington Post Magazine and the website Aolnews.com. He lives in New York City.
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Patrick Brown | Los Angeles
Patrick Brown is a staff writer for The Millions. Patrick has worked in the book business for over seven years, including a two-year stint as the webmaster and blogger for Vroman’s Bookstore. He is currently the Community Manager for Goodreads.com. He’s written book reviews for Publishers Weekly, and he’s spoken about books and the internet at the LA Times Festival of Books, the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association spring meetings, and the 140 Characters Conference. He writes the sporadically entertaining Tumblr blog The Feeling.
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Janet Potter | Chicago
Janet Potter is a staff writer for The Millions. Janet has worked in bookstores in Boston, Dublin, Greece, and Chicago, where she currently lives, and can most often be found reading on the train. Her work also appears in Bookslut and Open Letters Monthly, and she blogs about presidential biographies at At Times Dull.
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Michael Bourne | Brooklyn
Michael Bourne, a staff writer for The Millions, has published fiction and poetry in literary journals, including most recently Potomac Review and Orange Coast Review. His essays and journalism have appeared in Poets & Writers, The Baltimore Sun, and The Morning News, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at Fordham University.
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Mark O’Connell | Dublin
Mark O’Connell is a staff writer for The Millions. He is a writer and academic who lives in Dublin, Ireland. His website is www.markoconnell.net.
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The Millions Interns
Nick Moran | Hoboken
Nick is an intern for The Millions. He was born in Hoboken, NJ and he graduated from the University of Miami. For the past two years, he has worked in publishing houses in the New York City area. His interests are broad and varied, but if you’re interested in trying to discern a pattern, check out his Tumblr: Nick Recommends.
read Nick | e-mail Nick | follow @nemoran3
Rachel Hurn | New York
Rachel is an intern for The Millions. She was born in Los Angeles and is currently earning her MFA in Creative Nonfiction at The New School. Her work can be found at thenewyorker.com and at her blog, rachelhurn.blogspot.com. Follow Rachel on Twitter @rachelmariehurn.
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Emily M. Keeler | Toronto
Emily is the Books Editor at The New Inquiry, and Co-Tumblrer for The Millions. You can read her personal reading journal at Bookside Table. Emily lives in Toronto.
Staff Writers Emeritus or on Hiatus
Noah Deutsch
Ben Dooley
Timothy R. Homan
Emre Peker
Andrew Saikali
Emily Colette Wilkinson
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