Jake Mohan received his MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Minnesota in 2008. He has written for the Utne Reader and Thought Catalog, among other publications, and has the dubious distinction of being quoted in the Wikipedia entry on hipsters. He has taught writing at the U of M, The Loft Literary Center, and McNally Smith College of Music, and is a contributing editor to Twin Cities Runoff, a progressive online magazine. Jake is also a drummer in a handful of Twin Cities bands, including Pennyroyal, Splits in Midair, and the house band of Salon Saloon, "the Upper Middle West’s #1 Live-Action Arts Magazine."