Barrett Swanson is author of the essay collection, Lost in Summerland (Counterpoint 2021), and is a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine. He was the recipient of a 2015 Pushcart Prize, and his short fiction and essays have been distinguished as notable in Best American Short Stories (2019), Best American Nonrequired Reading (2014), Best American Essays (2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021) and Best American Sports Writing (2017). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in many places, including Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Believer, The Guardian, The New Republic, American Short Fiction, The Atavist, Guernica, Best American Travel Writing 2018, and Best American Travel Writing 2020. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.