Jay Ponteri

Jay Ponteri directs the undergraduate creativewriting program at Marylhurst University and Show: Tell, The Workshopfor Teen Writers & Artists. He is the founding editor of both the onlineliterary magazine M Review and HABIT Books. His work has appearedin Tin House, Puerto Del Sol and Seattle Review. Jay lives in Portlandwith his wife and son. His 2013 memoir is WEDLOCKED (Hawthorne,March 2013), the true story about his marriage, a human institution that can so often fail, leaving its inhabitants lonely and adrift. Find Jay on Twitter.