Steven Barker is the author of the essay collection “Now for the Disappointing Part: A Pseudo-Adult’s Decade of Short-Term Jobs, Long-Term Relationships, and Holding Out for Something Better,” released by Skyhorse Publishing in 2016. He is a 2014-2015 Made at Hugo Fellow, and a co-founder of “Cheap Wine & Poetry” and “Cheap Beer & Prose.” He interviews North West writers, artists, and musicians for the podcast Ordinary Madness. His work has appeared in Salon, Brevity, The Weeklings, Split Lip Magazine, PageBoy Magazine, The Monarch Review, Geekwire, and elsewhere.
