Scott Schomburg is a writer based in New York City. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, Harvard Review, Public Books, The Millions, Hyperallergic, and elsewhere. He is the recipient of a writing fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and he holds a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School. His first book, “The Lost Years of Joseph Mitchell” (New York Review Books), is forthcoming in February 2027.