Thomas Beller
Assistant Professor
Tulane University
Norman Mayer Rm 225
http://thomasbeller.com/

Thomas Beller is an author and editor whose books include, Seduction Theory: Stories, The Sleep-Over Artist: A Novel, and How To Be a Man: Essays (all from W.W. Norton). The Sleep-Over Artist was a New York Times Notable Book and LA Times Best Book of 2000. He contributes regularly to The New Yorker, The New York Times, Travel and Leisure Magazine, The Threepenny Review, and the Oxford American. His fiction and essays are widely anthologized and have been read on NPR's This American Life, and Selected Shorts. He  co-founded and for twenty years edited Open City Magazine, and is the creator of mrbellersneighborhood.com, a site devoted to literary essays set in New York City. He is on twitter: @thomasbeller.