Barrett Swanson \'s Essays have appeared in Harper\'s , The New Yorker , The Paris Review , The Believer , The New York Times Magazine , and The Atavist , among other publications.
He was the Halls Emerging Artist Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, and he and his wife live in Madison, Wisconsin..
He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and has been anthologized in two editions of The Best American Travel Writing .
Barrett Swanson \'s Essays have appeared in Harper\'s , The New Yorker , The Paris Review , The Believer , The New York Times Magazine , and The Atavist , among other publications