Kevin Manning Biography Kevin Manning is a student in the MFA program at San Jose State University. “South” is his first piece of published fiction. See Work FICTION / Summer 2011 South By Kevin Manning He woke me late last night. He sat on the edge of my bed with a bag in his lap. When I rolled over to turn the lamp on, he put the bag to my chest. We need to go now, he said. This time I didn’t question.