Yuvi Zalkow in Conversation with Brian Benson

Yuvi Zalkow is the author of I Only Cry with Emoticons (Red Hen Press, 2022) and A Brilliant Novel in the Works (MP Publishing, 2012). I Only Cry with Emoticons is a quirky comedy that reveals the cost of being disconnected–even when we’re using a dozen apps on our devices to communicate–and an awkward man’s search for real connections, on and offline. His short stories have been published in Glimmer Train, Narrative Magazine, Carve Magazine, Rosebud, The Los Angeles Review, and others. He received an MFA from Antioch University. You can find out too much information about him at yuvizalkow.com. He lives with his wife, kid, and grumpy cats in Portland, Oregon.

Brian Benson grew up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. He now lives in Portland, where he teaches writing at the Attic Institute. He is the author of a memoir, Going Somewhere, about bicycling from Wisconsin to Portland, as well as co-writing a book with Richard Brown called This Is Not For You: An Activist’s Journey of Resistance and Resiliance.