Robert Lopez is the author of two novels, Part of the World and Kamby Bolongo Mean River, and two story collections, Asunder and Good People. His stories have appeared in numerous journals, including Bomb, The Threepenny Review, American Reader, Nerve, New York Tyrant, Vice, New England Review, and New Orleans Review. He teaches at The New School, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, and the Solstice MFA Program of Pine Manor College. Robert Lopez lives in Brooklyn, NY.