Scott Oglesby is an assistant nonfiction editor for Bellevue Literary Review (BLR). A NYC transplant from Louisiana, his varied work history includes stints as a disability analyst, actor, singer, photographer, teacher, homemaker, and café-owner, along with other sketchy side-gigs, all before publishing his first novel, Riding High (ridinghigh.net). He has also written nonfiction and humor columns for Manhattan weeklies: West Side Spirit, The Villager, and Village Sun. The literary review, Gravel, published his story, Divorcing Rhonda, and his essay, The Best That Love Could, was also produced as a podcast. His critique of David Amram’s book, Upbeat, appeared in American Book Review; Outpost19 published his short memoir, Summer Job, in their 2023 anthology, Rooted 2: The Best New Arboreal Nonfiction. Currently, he’s working on his memoir, Telling Dixie Goodbye.