Tajja Isen is the author of Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service .
She holds a PhD in literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has won writing and research awards from the National Science Foundation, the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference, and the Library of Congress..
She is also the author of a cultural history of ice in America and the former Editor-in-Chief of the Chicago Review of Books .
Amy Brady is the Executive Director of Orion .
Also a voice actor, Tajja can be heard on such animated shows as The Berenstain Bears , Atomic Betty , and Go Dog Go , among others.
She is an editor for Catapult Magazine and the former digital editor at The Walrus .
Tajja Isen is the author of Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service
