Anthony D'Aries

Anthony D'Aries is the author of The Language of Men: A Memoir (Hudson Whitman Press, 2012), which received the PEN/New England Discovery Prize and an INDIES Gold Medal. His fiction and nonfiction has appeared in McSweeney's, Boston Magazine, The Literary Review, and elsewhere. He was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize and his essay, "No Man's Land," was listed as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2021. He has taught creative writing, literature, and literacy in correctional facilities, hospitals, and homeless shelters, and currently directs the low-residency MFA in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University.