Jeff BirkensteinJeff Birkenstein is an Assistant Professor of English at Centralia College, USA. Birkenstein's major interests lie in American Literature post-1865, American and world short story, the short story sequence, and cultural and food criticism. He s the co-editor of nine titles, including American Modernism (Re)considered (Bloomsbury, 2025), Significant Food in American Literature, (2024), Connections and Influence in the Russian and American Short STory (2021), and Social Justice and American Literature (2017). Read More Read Less