Paul W. Morris is the former director of literary programs at PEN America and vice president of The Authors Guild. He has held editorial positions at Viking Penguin, Tricycle, and several other publishers and magazines. From 2004 to 2011, he was general manager of Bomb Magazine, where he oversaw digital strategy, cultural programming, and marketing. His writing has appeared in several anthologies. He sits on advisory councils for the National Book Foundation, the Brooklyn Book Festival, and Lit Crawl NYC.