Min­na Zall­man Proc­tor is a writer, crit­ic, and trans­la­tor who cur­rent­ly teach­es cre­ative writ­ing at Fair­leigh Dick­in­son Uni­ver­si­ty, where she is also edi­tor in chief of The Lit­er­ary Review. Her most recent book is Land­slide: True Sto­ries. She is also the author of Do You Hear What I Hear? An Unre­li­gious Writer Inves­ti­gates Reli­gious Call­ing and has trans­lat­ed eight books from Ital­ian, includ­ing Fleur Jaeggy’s These Pos­si­ble Lives. She lives in Brooklyn.