Richard McCann is the author of Mother of Sorrows, a collection of linked stories, as well as Ghost Letters, a collection of poems. He edited Things Shaped in Passing: More “Poets for Life” Writing from the AIDS Pandemic. McCann has received awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others.

• September 2008: Julia Slavin in correspondence with Richard McCann
  Two writers send actual letters through the mail, discussing flea markets, liver transplants, cosmetic concealer, literature, and encephalopathy.