Like This My Mother Can Stand

is considered one of the major voices of contemporary Scandinavian literature. Klougart’s debut novel, Rise and fall, and her third novel, One of Us Is Sleeping, both received Nordic Council Literature Prize nominations. One of Us Is Sleeping was published in its English translation by Open Letter Books in 2016. Her fourth novel, Of Darkness, was published in its English translation by Deep Vellum Publishing in 2013.

is the director of the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and the author of the short story collection Children of the New World (Picador, 2016). His fiction has appeared in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 and Best American Experimental Writing 2017. He is a recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and his fiction has received the Lamar York, Gail Crump, Hamlin Garland, and New Millennium Prizes. He is an associate professor of creative writing at Siena Heights University.