ETHAN CHATAGNIER is the author most recently of the novel SINGER DISTANCE (Tin House) and the story collection WARNINGS FROM THE FUTURE (Acre Books, 2018). His stories have appeared in the KENYON REVIEW ONLINE, GEORGIA REVIEW, NEW ENGLAND REVIEW, and other journals, and have been awarded a Pushcart Prize and listed as notable in the Best American Short Stories. He lives in Fresno, California, with his family.

ERIKA SWYLER is the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novels LIGHT FROM OTHER STARS and THE BOOK OF SPECULATION. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in CATAPULT, LITERARY HUB, VIDA, THE NEW YORK TIMES, and elsewhere. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she seeks to make work that is in dialog with the arts, sciences, and history.

Ethan Chatagnier discussing SINGER DISTANCE with Erika Swyler