Joshua Doležal is a Montana native, an erstwhile wilderness ranger, and an associate professor of English at Central College. His essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review, Gettysburg Review, Fourth Genre, Hotel Amerika, Ascent, Seattle Review, River Teeth, and Brevity. He received the 2007 Frederick Manfred Award from the Western Literature Association and was runner-up for the 2010 Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize.