Brian Benson is the author of GOING SOMEWHERE, and co-author, with Richard Brown, of THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. Originally from the hinterlands of Wisconsin, Brian now lives in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches at the Attic Institute and facilitates free Write Around Portland workshops. His essays have been published or are forthcoming in Hunger Mountain, Sweet, Oregon Humanities, Hippocampus, and Blood Tree Literature, among other publications. He is at work on his third book.