Blake Butler lives in Atlanta. He is the author of Ever and Scorch Atlas, as well as a novel, The Black Gazebo, forthcoming 2010 from Harper Perennial. He is both 8 and 80 years old. He likes water and the word oink. See his blog: Gilles Deleuze Committed Suicide and So Will Dr Phil.

Blake recommends: Not Coming / Clusterflock / Dalkey Archive / 5cense / Drum Set

Gene Morgan is the designer/publisher of Bear Parade, and also publishes some texts through his Twitter Feed Press. He lives with his wife and children in Houston. His website is genemorgan.info.

Gene recommends: Raymond Uhlir / Supreme Value / Jenny Schlief / Seth Alverson / NANO Fiction

Nick Antosca is the author of two novels: Fires (2006, Impetus Press) and Midnight Picnic (2009, Word Riot Press). Antosca was born in Louisiana and currently lives in New York City. His blog is http://brothercyst.blogspot.com.

Nick recommends: NYC Craigslist Missed Connections / Hollywood Elsewhere / Lobsters and Cocaine / Jezebel

Ken Baumann plays make believe for a living. For more information, visit http://kenbaumann.com.

Ken recommends: The Awl / The Rumpus / Vvork / Ffffound! / Cook’s Illustrated

Ryan Call got an MFA from George Mason University. He and his sister Christy Call created Pocket Finger (Publishing Genius). Other stories of his appear in Barrelhouse, Hobart, Avery, Caketrain, No Colony, Sonora Review, Lamination Colony, New York Tyrant, Mid-American Review, and ml press. He is the Associate Editor of NOÖ Journal. He lives in Houston.

Ryan recommends: Cake Wrecks / The Quarterly Conversation / Chris Higgs’ Bright Stupid Confetti / Houston Metro Area Radar

Jimmy Chen works at a large institution where he enjoys writing. He maintains a blog and archive of his writing at the Embassy of Misguided Zen. He lives in San Francisco with his domestic partner and their stuffed alligator Ali-G.

Jimmy recommends: Natalie Dee / David Shrigley / The Morning News / Fecal Face / You Fell Asleep Watching a DVD

Roxane Gay’s writing appears or is forthcoming in Annalemma, The Collagist, DIAGRAM, Gargoyle, Hobart, Keyhole, Monkeybicycle and others. She is the associate editor of PANK and can be found online at http:///www.roxanegay.com.

Roxane recommends: Phinished / Last Statements / American Memory / Barrelhouse / The Musical Theatre Dictionary

Christopher Higgs is pursing a doctorate in twentieth century literature and critical theory at Florida State University. In his right hand he holds an MFA in Fiction from Ohio State; in his left hand he holds an MA in English from the University of Nebraska. Combined, these degrees amount to a wealth of knowledge in the field of useless things, as well as a strong commitment to poverty. He writes stuff and also curates the online arts journal Bright Stupid Confetti.

Chris recommends: wood s lot / 3 Quarks Daily / The TED Lectures / European Graduate School / Juxtapoz

Catherine Lacey is a Mississippian living in New York. She cooks for a living and is writing a book about secrecy called We Don’t Talk About Things Like That. More information is here: catherinelacey.com

Catherine recommends: The Rumpus / Moby Lives / Voice of America News / Triple Canopy / 101 Cookbooks: a food blog

Sean Lovelace is running right now, far. Other times he teaches at Ball State University. HOW SOME PEOPLE LIKE THEIR EGGS is his flash fiction collection by Rose Metal Press. His works have appeared in Crazyhorse, Diagram, Sonora Review, Willow Springs, and so on. He blogs at seanlovelace.com.

Sean recommends: Emerging Writer’s Network / Runner’s World / Ander Monson / RO*TEL

Chelsea Martin lives in Oakland, CA in a motel, prepares eggs a certain way, is hungry now that she said that, and struggles alone through unclear emotional experiences. “Why does everyone act sarcastic about my mood?” “It’s just so easy.” She has a friend and a different friend and then other friends, which seems like a lot, but she doesn’t really know, you know, what to say about that. I don’t know, should I keep going? http://www.jerkethics.com

Chelsea recommends: Klokken / Boy on a Stick and Slither / Tiny Vices / Ted / Anthony Zinonos

Amy McDaniel helps run the Solar Anus reading series in Atlanta, where she was born and raised. By writing and teaching, she provides for herself and her dog, Annette. She co-edited From the Second Line, a collection of her students’ essays about Hurricane Katrina.

Amy recommends: Orwell Diaries / Coldfront / Cooking for Engineers / TED Talks / Zoom Quilt

Adam Robinson lives in Baltimore, where he operates Publishing Genius Press. His book of poems, Adam Robison and other poems, will be published by Narrow House Books this year.

Adam recommends: Bright Stupid Confetti / Home for the Heteronomous / Quick Study / best friends forever / NOÖ Journal

Matthew Simmons is The Man Who Couldn’t Blog. He is the author, most recently, of the novella A Jello Horse from Publishing Genius Press. He is the interviews editor for Hobart, and the publisher of Happy Cobra Books. He is a one man black metal band called Fire in My Bag.

Matthew recommends: How to Tie a Tie / Watch Kung Fu / Bookforum / Soul Sides / Find Anagrams

Justin Taylor is the editor of The Apocalypse Reader (Thunder’s Mouth, 2007), and Come Back, Donald Barthelme (McSweeney’s 2007). His own books include a poetry collection, More Perfect Depictions of Noise (X-ing Books, 2008) and a forthcoming short story collection, Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever (Harper Perennial, 2010). With Jeremy Schmall he co-edits The Agriculture Reader, a limited-edition arts annual. He lives in Brooklyn. http://www.justindtaylor.net/

Justin recommends: Dennis Cooper’s The Weaklings / X-ing Design / The New York Tyrant / Gordon Lish interviews with Don Swaim (streaming audio) / PEN America Literary Journal

Mike Young is the author of the poetry collection We Are All Good If They Try Hard Enough (Publishing Genius 2010), the story collection Look! Look! Feathers (Word Riot Press 2010) and the chapbook MC Oroville’s Answering Machine (Transmission Press 2009). He co-edits NOÖ Journal and Magic Helicopter Press. Visit his blog at http://mikeayoung.blogspot.com. He lives in Northampton, MA.

Mike recommends: Locust St. / 101 Cookbooks / Bright Stupid Confetti / Eyeball Hatred / My Love For You is a Stampede of Horses