Brian Ascalon Roley Ascalon Roleyrian Ascalon Roley is a writer and professor of Philippine and American descent. A recent National Endowment of the Arts Literature Fellow, he is Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Miami University. He has held additional fellowhips, research appointments and residencies from the University of Cambridge, Cornell University, the Ohio Arts Council, Djerassi, Ragdale, the VCCA, and others. His short works in several genres (Fiction, Poetry, CNF and Hybrid) have appeared in many prestigious journals and in anthologies from Norton and Penguin, as well as several best selling anthologies in the Philippines. His works include American Son (WW Norton), The Last Mistress of Jose Rizal (Northwestern UP), and Ambuscade (FLP Open Chapbook Competition Prize). Learn more about the author at brianroley.com. Read More Read Less