Cantor, Jay

Jay Cantor (born 1948 New York City) is an American novelist and essayist. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA, and from University of California, Santa Cruz with a Ph.D. He teaches at Tufts University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife, Melinda Marble, and their daughter, Grace. His work appeared in The Harvard Crimson. He was on the 2009 ArtScience Competition jury.