John Brandon  (2011-2012) was raised on the Gulf Coast of Florida and studied at  University of Florida and Washington University in St. Louis.  He has  published two novels, Arkansas and Citrus County, both  with McSweeney's Press.  For the 2009-2010 school year he was the John  & Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence at University of Mississippi,  and in 2010-2011 stayed on at Ole Miss as Visiting Writer.  His shorter  work has appeared in Oxford American, ESPN the Magazine, GQ, McSweeney's  Quarterly Concern, Mississippi Review, The New York Times Magazine, and  other places.  During the fall, he writes a blog concerning  Southeastern Conference football for GQ.com.