SHANN RAY’S story collection AMERICAN MASCULINE (Graywolf Press), won the Bakeless Prize.  He is also the author of Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity (Rowman & Littlefield).  The winner of the Subterrain Poetry Prize, the Crab Creek Review Fiction Award, and the Ruminate Short Story Prize, Ray’s work has appeared in some of the nation’s leading literary venues including McSweeney‘s, Narrative, and Poetry International. Shann grew up in Montana and spent part of his childhood on the Northern Cheyenne reservation.  He lives with his wife and three daughters in Washington where he teaches leadership and forgiveness studies at Gonzaga University.

SHANN RAY’S story collection AMERICAN MASCULINE (Graywolf Press), won the Bakeless Prize.  He is also the author of Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity (Rowman & Littlefield).  The winner of the Subterrain Poetry Prize, the Crab Creek Review Fiction Award, and the Ruminate Short Story Prize, Ray’s work has appeared in some of the nation’s leading literary venues including McSweeney‘s, Narrative, and Poetry International. Shann grew up in Montana and spent part of his childhood on the Northern Cheyenne reservation.  He lives with his wife and three daughters in Washington where he teaches leadership and forgiveness studies at Gonzaga University.