SmokeLong Quarterly

Shoshana Surek is a first-generation American and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. She earned an MA Creative Writing and an MFA Creative Writing in Poetry and Fiction from Regis University. Her short stories, essays, poetry, and flash fiction can be found in Malahat Review, Vestal Review, Cease, Cows, 3Elements Review, University Press, and others. She was a two-time finalist in the HBO Comedy Arts Open and Aspen Comedy Festival. In 2017, she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She stays busy with three whimsical children, a dozen or so animals, novel writing, and teaching after-school creative writing.

Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

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Interview: Smoke & Mirrors: An Interview with Shoshana Surek