Of A Monstrous Child is an innovative literary anthology which explores the peculiar and seldom written about world of student and mentor creative writing relationships. Through the words of both established and up-and-coming poets and prose writers, this collection offers unique insights into a hidden but essential aspect of the contemporary American writing community.

Of a Monstrous Child invites men and women from broad backgrounds to articulate the intricacies, injuries, and rewards of the often bizarre, but always human, complicity that is the creative writing mentorship.

The contributors include Dawn Barron, Grace Bauer , Ryan Boudinot, Derick Burleson, Gillian Conoley, David Crouse, Brian Evenson, Robin Hemley, Amy Hempel, Diana Joseph, Samuel Ligon, George Looney, Rick Moody, Pen Pearson, Contessa Riggs, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Zachary Schomburg, Samara Seibel, Frank Soos, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Melanie Rae Thon, Alan Tinkler, Christopher John Williams, Leslie Woodard, Robert Wrigley, and Art Zilleruelo.