Tyler Barton is a writer, teacher, and literary advocate. In addition to over one hundred published short stories, poems, essays, interviews, and works of criticism, he is the author of Eternal Night at the Nature Museum and The Quiet Part Loud. For over a decade he’s been leading writing workshops for the elderly and recently launched the Joe Flaherty Legacy Writing Workshops at Writers & Books. He joined the Writers & Books staff in early 2025. Learn more about him at tsbarton.com or @tylerbartonlol on Instagram.