Scott Saalman

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Hoosier native Scott Saalman is a freelance humor columnist for The Herald in Jasper, Indiana. His essays have appeared in Evansville Living magazine and aired on WNIN’s The Trend talk show and The Bob Edwards Show (Sirius XM). His humor essays also appear in two anthologies: Home Again: Essays and Memoirs from Indiana (Indiana Historical Society Press, 2006) and This I Believe: On Love (John Wiley & Sons, 2011). Several of his short stories appear in the Southern Indiana Review literary magazine. In 2011, he founded Will Read (and sing) For Food, a show that mixes humor essays and live music to benefit community food banks and other causes. His collection of humor essays, Nose Hairs Gone Wild, will be published in mid December of 2012.

Prize anthology mentions

Best American Essays 2012*

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