Julie Limbaugh and Rachel Riederer teach University Writing at Columbia University in New York, where they are MFA candidates in nonfiction writing. They are both from Missouri. They are also writing books about faraway places: Julie's is about places that don't exist and Rachel's is about Africa's Lake Victoria.
“People were gathered in the entryway looking at something, and when we stepped forward we saw what: a couple laying on the floor, kissing and embracing in slow motion.”