A Conversation with Nathan Alling Long
Nathan Alling Long is the author of the flash-fiction collection The Origin of Doubt , recently published by Press 53 . Timothy Liu said of the collection, "He blurs the lines between flash fictions and prose poems. All of a sudden, genre distinctions start to give way, and what we thought we thought we knew is altered, transformed. These stories span the gamut from traditional to queer trans-genre forms, marvelous to behold in times like these when political discourses and abuses of language have sunk to unforeseen lows." Nathan's writings have appeared in a wide range of publications and venues, including Glimmer Train, Tin House , The Sun , Story Quarterly, Strange Tales V , and NPR. He has taught at various schools; currently, he teaches creative writing, literature, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stockton University. Though he has lived all around the country, and traveled all over the world, he now lives in Philadelphia. I met Nathan in the
