Jared Young is the author of the novel Into The Current (Goose Lane). His stories and essays have been anthologized by McSweeney’s, and have appeared in places like Maisonneuve, The Walrus, The Millions, and more. Young was also the second-place winner in CNQ’s inaugural CanLitCrit Essay Contest for his essay, We are Men, and We are Terrified of Ourselves or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Russell Smith