Jamie Allen's work has appeared in "The Missouri Review," "McSweeney's.net," "Salon," "Creative Loafing," and other outlets. He is the fatherhood columnist for "Divine Caroline," and the editor of The Duck & Herring Co., which publishes literary "Pocket Field Guides" and organizes the Writers Conference at the AJC Decatur Book Festival. He blogs at say-sport.blogspot.com.