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Kyle Beachy
Kyle Beachy‘s first novel, The Slide (Dial Press, 2009), won The Chicago Reader’s Best Book by a Chicago Author reader’s choice award for the year. His short fiction has appeared in journals including Fanzine, Pank, Hobart, Juked, The Collagist, 5 Chapters, and others. The Most Fun Thing (Grand Central, 2021) is a hybrid of critical and personal writing, sections of which have appeared in The Point, The American Reader, The Chicagoan, Free Skateboard Magazine (UK & Europe), The Skateboard Mag (US), Jenkem, Deadspin, and The Classical. He teaches at Roosevelt University in Chicago and is a co-host on the skateboarding podcast Vent City with pro skater Ryan Lay and others.
La primera novela de Kyle Beachy, The Slide (Dial Press, 2009), ganó el premio reader 's choice del año al mejor libro del Chicago Reader por un autor originario de Chicago. Su narrativa breve ha aparecido en revistas como Fanzine, Pank, Hobart, Juked, The Collagist, 5 Chapters, entre otros. The Most Fun Thing (Grand Central, 2021) es un híbrido de escritura personal y crítica y se ha publicado en The Point, The American Reader, The Chicagoan, Free Skateboard Magazine (UK & Europe), The Skateboard Mag (US), Jenkem, Deadspin, and The Classical. Actualmente enseña en la Universidad Roosevelt en Chicago y es co-anfitrión del podcast sobre skate, Vent City, con el skater profesional Ryan Lay y otros.
