Richard Lee Zuras earned the MFA as the McNeese Fellow under the auspices of Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler. He also did graduate work at the University of Colorado, George Mason, and the University of North Dakota where he worked under James Robison. Currently he teaches at the University of Maine @ Presque Isle as Professor of English and Creative Writing. He has completed his debut novel entitled The Bastard Year. In addition, Richard is the advisor to the new Film Studies program and he has written box-office reviews for the on-line site <a href="http://www.fusedwire.com" [2] class="linkification-ext" title="Linkification: http://www.fusedwire.com">www.fusedwire.com</a> [3]