Caroline Berger joined the Sunday Salon as cohost in 2002.  She has a B.A., English literature and writing (1997, Hiram College); MFA, Creative Writing (2002, New School) is the assistant director of the Bachelor’s Program

Janyce Stefan-Cole, whose stories or non-fiction have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Ducts, Caprice and LABEL Magazine, and soon to appear in the American Review of Books. A story, “My Private Eye,” is included in

Alison Smith’s writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, Granta, The London Telegraph, The New York Times, The Believer, Glamour, Best American Erotica, and other publications. Her first book, a memoir titled Name All the Animals (Scribner)

Edith Chevat is the Senior Editor of Girls, An Anthology. She is the author of a novel, Love Lesson, which received a starred review in Book List. She is one of the original members of

Douglas Light grew up in Indiana. His writing has appeared in various publications, including the New York Times, Identity Theory, Alaska Quarterly Review, failbetter, Pindeldyboz, and The Morning News. His fiction won an O. Henry

Poet, playwright, and founding editor of IKON magazine, Susan Sherman has published four collections of poetry; a poetry, essay and short fiction collection, The Color of the Heart (Curbstone) and has had twelve plays produced

Suzanne Wise is the author of the poetry collection The Kingdom of the Subjunctive. More recently, her poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming in the anthologies Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century

Mahmoud Saeed is a prominent and award-winning Iraqi novelist. He has written more than 20 novels and short story collections, including Port Said and Other Stories, which was published in 1957. The first military-Baathist Iraqi