Robert Klose

Robert Klose teaches at the University of Maine.  He is a regular contributor of essays to The Christian Science Monitor.  His work has also appeared in Newsweek, The Boston Globe, and various literary magazines.  His books include Adopting Alyosha — A Single Man Finds a Son in Russia, Small Worlds — Adopted Sons, Pet Piranhas and Other Mortal Concerns, The Three-Legged Woman & Other Excursions in Teaching, and the novels, Long Live Grover Cleveland, which won a 2016 Ben Franklin Literary Award and a USA BookNews Award, and Life on Mars, which was a Finalist for a 2019 Best Book Award sponsored by American Book Fest and was also a Finalist in the International Book Awards and American Fiction Awards. His latest book is a memoir, Adopting Anton - A Single Man Seeks a Son in Ukraine. His third novel, Trigger Warning, will be published by Open Books in the summer of 2023.