Megan Stielstra

Stielstra close 150x150 Megan StielstraMegan Stielstra is the literary director of 2nd Story and co-editor of their forthcoming print anthology, Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying Duck: Stories from 2nd Story (Elephant Rock Books, 2012). She’s told stories for The Goodman Theater, Steppenwolf, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Poetry Center, Story Week, Wordstock, The Neo-Futurarium, Victory Gardens, Theater on the Lake and Chicago Public Radio, among others, and is a regular performer with 2nd Story, The Paper Machete and Write Club. Her story collection, Everyone Remain Calm (Joyland/ECW 2011), was a Chicago Tribune favorite of 2011, and her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Pank, The Rumpus, Make magazine, F Magazine, Other Voices, The Nervous Breakdown, Fresh Yarn, Pindeldyboz, Swink, Necessary Fiction and elsewhere. She teaches writing and performance at Columbia College and the University of Chicago.

Posted by HeadStylist on August 8, 2012 in Chicago, Recent Writers, Writers Bios 

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