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Doug Benerofe

Doug Benerofe

Doug Benerofe is a fiction writer and high school English teacher. He has been reading Carve since 2005.

Jennie Goloboy

Jennie Goloboy

Jennie Goloboy agents at Red Sofa Literary, where she represents a variety of genres spanning from science fiction to history.

Rebecca McKanna

Rebecca McKanna

Rebecca McKanna is an MFA student in creative writing at Purdue University and lives in Lafayette, Indiana.

Nico L'Insalata

Nico L'Insalata

Nico L’Insalata discovered Carve last winter when he mistakenly left the “R” off of Carver in his Google search

Clifford Brooks

Clifford Brooks

"There’s never a bad apple when it comes to Carve. Every story is really, really good."

Sophie Hampton

Sophie Hampton

Sophie Hampton, a writer and freelance editor from London, England, has been reading Carve since 2012.

Michael Benedetto

Michael Benedetto

His favorite story from Carve is also one of our all-time most popular. 

Jennifer Harvey

Jennifer Harvey

She hails from “across the pond,” having grown up in the UK and now living in the Netherlands.

Allen Kratz

Allen Kratz

He admits he only discovered Raymond Carver recently. (Better late than never!)