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Matt Borondy, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher
Matt Borondy founded Identity Theory after graduating from the University
of Florida in 2000. He currently makes his home in Burlington, Vermont. Contact him at editor@identitytheory.com
Robert Birnbaum, Editor-at-Large
Robert Birnbaum, a bookish journalist, was born in Germany, grew up in Chicago, and lived for too many years in Boston. He is editor-at-large at Identitytheory.com and something or other at The Morning News.
Anna-Lynne Williams, Music Editor
Anna-Lynne Williams lives in Seattle, where she sings in the bands Trespassers William and Tunnel-Tunnel, and also records folk songs under the name Lotte Kestner. Contact her at music@identitytheory.com.
Matthew Sorrento, Film Editor
Matthew Sorrento edits the film section of Identity Theory and is a regular contributor to the web magazine Film Threat. A observer of both good and bad cinema, he was named one of the nation's "crankiest movie critics" by the L.A. Times in 2007. He teaches English at Camden County College and lectures on film at Rutgers University in Camden, N.J. Email him at film@identitytheory.com.
Alexandra Tursi, Visuals Editor
Alexandra joined Identity Theory in October 2006. She's a 2005 graduate of Cornell University where she studied political science and visual culture and was also a member of one of those pesky a cappella groups. She currently resides in Vermont, where she works days on a public relations team for environmentally-friendly organizations and companies. Outside of the office, she writes for Artscope magazine, leads art tours for Burlington City Arts and serves as president of the Cornell Club of Vermont. She adores Milan Kundera, Woody Allen movies, French poetry (and fashion), and singing. She hopes one day to share a home with a West Highland Terrier named Tolstoy. Contact her at tursita@identitytheory.com.
Matthew Tiffany, Book Reviews Editor
Matthew Tiffany is a clinical counselor living with his wife and kids in Maine. His book reviews have appeared in The Quarterly Conversation, PopMatters, Small Spiral Notebook, AudioFile Magazine, and other web/dead tree publications. He also reviews books, interviews authors, and entertains shenanigans at his blog, Condalmo, which he started in 2006.
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, Assistant Editor
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich's writing appears online at Monkeybicycle,
Pindeldyboz, Ozone Park, and Boston's Weekly Dig. She is an MFA
candidate at Emerson College, where she is writing a memoir about
capital punishment work. Previously she recieved her JD from Harvard,
but gave law up to become a writer when she realized she needed
a more practical career. Yeah. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts
with a (semi-)giant dog and a boatload of books.
Hilarie Ashton, Assistant Editor
Hilarie Ashton is a senior institutional research associate with New York University's Office of Institutional Research. Previously, she was a research associate with NYU's Office for University Development and Alumni Relations. She is an alternate senator on NYU's University Senate, a representative for the Provost's Office on NYU's Administrative Management Council, and vice president and communications chair of the greater New York chapter of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement. From 2006 to 2008, she was a member of the editorial board of Eyes on the ICC, a publication of the Council for American Students in International Negotiations at Harvard University. She also worked as a writing tutor for the Williams College Writing Workshop from 2004 to 2005. She received her MA from the John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master's Program in Humanities and Social Thought at New York University; her focus was on critical and cultural theory. She received her BA in English and philosophy from Williams College.
James Warner, Assistant Fiction Editor
James Warner {jameswarner@identitytheory.com} divides his time between San Francisco, California -- where he hosts the reading series InsideStoryTime -- and Mold, Flintshire, UK. Before becoming an assistant fiction editor for Identity Theory, he placed a story with us. He keeps track of his subsequent publication history at www.jameswarner.net.
Sarah Weissman, Assistant Fiction Editor
Sarah Weissman's works have appeared in the Threepenny Review, Small Spiral Notebook and Moondance. She was a recent finalist in the Central PA Magazine writing contest and founded the brief online literary magazine Front Street Review. She is a high school English teacher and believes central Pennsylvania to be one of the best places in the world.
