Michael O’Connell is a writer, editor and teacher who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the author of “Startling Figures: Encounters with American Catholic Fiction,” editor of “Conversations with George Saunders,” and co-editor of “The Journal of David Foster Wallace Studies.” He writes both literary criticism and narrative nonfiction, usually on the intersections of religion, literature and contemporary culture. He is currently the inaugural fellow at the Jesuit Media Lab, where he both writes and teaches courses.