Megan Stielstra is the author of the essay collection Once I Was Cool—a Best of 2014 selection at Chicago magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and Salon—and a short story collection, Everyone Remain Calm. Her work has appeared in The Best American Essays, Poets & Writers, Guernica, Rumpus, and elsewhere, and she recently joined the New York Times as a contributing opinion writer. A longtime company member with 2nd Story in Chicago, Stielstra tells stories for all sorts of theaters, festivals, and bars including the Goodman, Steppenwolf, Neo-Futurarium, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, and regularly with The Paper Machete live news magazine at the Green Mill in Chicago, as well as on Chicago Public Radio, National Public Radio, and Radio National Australia. She teaches creative nonfiction at Northwestern University. |
