Michael O’Connell is a writer, editor, and teacher who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the author of “Startling Figures: Encounters with American Catholic Fiction” and the editor of “Conversations with George Saunders.” He is currently both an editor at Busted Halo and the inaugural fellow at the Jesuit Media Lab, where he writes and teaches courses. You can find more of his work on his substack
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