Kristopher Jansma is the author of the novels Why We Came to the City and The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards. He writes Electric Literature’s “Unfinished Business” column, about the incomplete works of great authors, and teaches English and creative writing at the State University of New York at New Paltz. In his free time he wrangles his two children and the family’s sourdough starter at his home in Millwood, New York.