Alistair McCartney

Alistair McCartney is the author of two experimental novels The Disintegrations (2017) and The End of the World Book (2008), both published with University of Wisconsin Press. The Disintegrations is the winner of The Publishing Triangle’s Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction. TEOTWB was a finalist for the PEN USA Fiction Award and the Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White debut fiction award. His poetry and cross-genre writing has appeared in journals such as Hotel, Light/Air, LIT, Altadena Poetry Review, 3:AM, Fence, Vestiges, Nat.Brut, Animal Shelter (Semiotexte), Queer Quarterly, Exquisite Pandemic, The James White Review, 1913, Dream Pop, and Five 2 One. He is currently working on a book of poetry and a novel. Originally from Australia, he lives in Los Angeles, where he is Teaching Faculty in Antioch University’s MFA and Undergraduate programs.