How to Stop Loving Someone (LeapLit)
Joan Connor: Joan Connor is a professor at Ohio University and a professor in Fairfield University’s low residency MFA program.  She is a recipient of the AWP award for her short story collection History Lessons, and of the River Teeth Award for her collection of essays, The World Before Mirrors. Her two earlier collections are We Who Live Apart and Here On Old Route 7. Her stories and essays have been published in six anthologies and more than 40 journals.How to Stop Loving Someonewon the 2010 Leapfrog Fiction Contest, adult category.Fellowships, Awards and Grants:Fellowships from: Yaddo, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, MacDowell Colony, Vermont Studio ColonyBarbara Deming Memorial Fund AwardThe River Teeth Award in NonfictionThe AWP Award in Short FictionPushcart PrizeThe John Gilgun AwardThe Ohio Writer award in fiction and nonfictionOhio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship