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Matthew Pitt was born in St. Louis. He is a graduate of Hampshire College and NYU, where he was a New York Times fellow. His first book of fiction, Attention Please Now, won the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize, and is forthcoming this spring. His work has appeared in Oxford American, The Southern Review, Colorado Review, New Letters, Best New American Voices, and elsewhere. Stories of his were recently cited in the Best American Short Stories, Best American Nonrequired reading, and Pushcart Prize anthologies, and have also earned awards from the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Bronx Council on the Arts, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences, and has taught at NYU, Penn State Altoona, and the Bronx Writers’ Center. He lives with his wife Kimberly and their two young daughters. He reads from his novel: Attention Please Now

For sheer intelligence and range the stories in ATTENTION PLEASE NOW cause us to sit up and take notice.  Matthew Pitt is a writer who deserves our attention, gaining it through the power of style and imagination, keeping it through strength of mind and heart. Janet Peery
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Don LePan has spent most of his adult life working as a book publisher; he is the founder and president of the academic publishing house Broadview Press.. He holds a BA from Carleton University, an MA from Sussex University and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Trent University in 2004 for his contribution to academic publishing. His other books include a study of Shakespeare’s plots and of cognitive history, an overview of common errors in English, and a monograph on Tennyson’s war poetry; this is his first book of fiction. He has for many years painted large skyscrapers and baseball stadiums; his first solo exhibition was held in Brooklyn in 2008. He reads from his novel: Animals

“A powerful piece of writing, and a disturbing call to conscience.” - J.M. Coetzee
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About the Series: KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction

The KGB Bar Sunday Night Fiction showcases the finest in contemporary fiction from new and emerging writers.

Suzanne Dottino/fiction curator,