Frances BartkowskiFrances Bartkowski has published three books of literary criticism: Feminist Utopias; Travelers, Immigrants, Inmates; and Kissing Cousins, as well as essays and poetry. An Afterlife is her first novel. She teaches literature and culture at Rutgers Unversity-Newark. She has participated in seminars at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and has been a visiting writer at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Read More Read Less