John Rubins grew up in New York.  His writing has appeared in The Southeast Review, Seattle Weekly, New Genre, Failbetter, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Elimae, The American Journal of Print, Seven Days, Surgery of Modern Warfare, and elsewhere.  He’s worked on the editorial staffs of The New Renaissance, The New England Review, and Ploughshares in addition to having founded the early web journal, Tatlin’s Tower.