Nathan Leslie has published two collections of short fiction, most recently A Cold Glass of Milk (Uccelli Press, 2003). His next collection of stories, Drivers, will appear in November. Aside from being nominated for the 2002 Pushcart Prize, his stories, essays, and poetry have been published or are forthcoming in over one hundred literary magazines including North American Review, Wascana Review, Chattahoochee Review, Sou’wester, Southern Indiana Review, Fiction International, Gulf Stream, Tulane Review, Santa Clara Review, StorySouth, Amherst Review, The Crab Creek Review, and Orchid. He is currently the fiction editor for The Pedestal Magazine. He has also written book reviews and articles for numerous newspapers such as The Washington Post, The Orange County Weekly, The Kansas City Star, The Orlando Sentinel, Rain Taxi, and many others. He received his MFA from The University of Maryland in 2000.
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