M. G. Stephens is the author of nineteen books, most recently Occam's Razor (First Person Books, 2015), a collection of short poems. His other books include the novel The Brooklyn Book of the Dead (Dalkey Archive Press, 1994); the memoir Lost in Seoul (Random House, 1990); and the essay collection Green Dreams (University of Georgia Press, 1994). A book of stories, Come On, Eileen, will be published in 2016. Recent work has appeared in The Missouri Review, Notre Dame Review, The Hollins Critic, The Brooklyn Rail, The London Magazine (UK), and PN Review (UK).