Malak Mattar, Peaceful Reading (detail), 2021, acrylic on canvas
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Jo Ann Beard is the author of the essay collections Festival Days and The Boys of My Youth, and the novel In Zanesville. Her work has been awarded honors from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, and teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College. (updated 8/2022)