For more than two decades, Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction has published well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief essay form, along with craft essays and book reviews. Though still committed to the mission of publishing new writers, Brevity has been fortunate over the years to include the work of three Pulitzer prize finalists, numerous NEA fellows, Pushcart winners, Best American authors, and writers from India, Egypt, Ireland, Spain, Malaysia, and Japan. Authors published in Brevity include Abigail Thomas, Lia Purpura, Roxane Gay, Diane Seuss, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Steven Barthelme, Joe Mackall, Ander Monson, Caitlin Horrocks, Jennifer Percy, Jon Pineda, Brenda Miller, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Robin Hemley, David L. Ulin, Heather Sellers, Matthew Gavin Frank, Lee Martin, Rebecca McClanahan, Barbara Hurd, Bret Lott, Ira Sukrungruang, Rigoberto González, Judith Kitchen, Michael Martone, and Jenny Boully.

Work from Brevity has been anthologized and reprinted in venues including Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, Utne Reader, the Short Takes anthology, the Best Creative Nonfiction anthology, and many recent writing textbooks.

Over the past year Brevity drew more than 13,000 unique visitors per month, while the Brevity Blog currently has more than 80,000 followers.

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BREVITY STAFF

Editor-in-Chief: Dinty W. Moore

Managing Editor: Zoë Bossiere

Assistant Managing Editor: Angelique Tung

Book Review Editor: Debbie Hagan

Craft Editor: Julie Riddle

Social Media Editor: Allison Williams

Assistant Editors: Jennifer Boulette, Ruth Bolster, Patricia Calderwood, Ivan Cartagena, Anna Chotlos, Julia Davis, Emily Dillon, Sarah Haak, Colin Hosten, Jennifer Lang, Susan Lerner, Jill Littig, Jenn Mariano, Kimberly McElhatten, Meg McGovern, Renee Newberry, Valerie Peralta, Samantha Price, Morgan Riedl, Em Sapp, Dane Sawyer, Kaitlyn Tatulli, Beth Tillman, Derek Webster, Stacie Worrel

Special Projects Editor: Sarah Einstein

Copy Editor: Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

Yoga Teacher: Mahatma Kane Jeeves

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