Josh Rol­nick is a short sto­ry writer, author of the col­lec­tion Pulp and Paper, which won the John Sim­mons Short Fic­tion Award. He is a fac­ul­ty lec­tur­er at the Johns Hop­kins MA in Writ­ing Pro­gram, an instruc­tor at Sack­ett Street Writ­ers, and fic­tion edi­tor at Paper Brigade, the lit­er­ary annu­al of the Jew­ish Book Council.