The President
Folly and codswallop!
Adrian Van Young is the author of four books of fiction: The Man Who Noticed Everything, Shadows in Summerland, Midnight Self, and Rough Beast (forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in October 2026). His fiction, nonfiction, and criticism have been published in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, Conjunctions, BOMB, Granta, McSweeney’s, and The New Yorker online, among others. He lives in New Orleans with his family, where he is a professional freelance editor and teaches in the MFA Program at University of New Orleans. More at: adrianvanyoung.com.