Brian Benson is the author of GOING SOMEWHERE, and co-author, with Richard Brown, of THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. Originally from the hinterlands of Wisconsin, Brian now lives in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches at the Attic Institute. His essays have been published in Tahoma Literary Review, X-R-A-Y, Pithead Chapel, Hippocampus, Bending Genres, and Sweet, among many other publications, and his work has been featured in several anthologies. He is at work on his third book, an essay collection focused on questions around masculinity. Learn more at brianbensonwrites.com.