Alan Elyshevitz

Alan Elyshevitz is an award-winning short story writer and poet who was born in New York City and now lives in East Norriton, PA. His collection of stories, "The Widows and Orphans Fund," was published by Stephen F. Austin State University Press. In addition, he has published a full-length poetry collection, "Generous Peril" (Cyberwit.net), and four poetry chapbooks: "Mortal Hours" (SurVision Books), "Imaginary Planet" (Cervena Barva Press), "Theory of Everything" (Pudding House Press), and "The Splinter in Passion's Paw" (New Spirit Press). Winner of the James Hearst Poetry Prize from North American Review, he is a two-time recipient of a fellowship in fiction writing from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.