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Our featured writer is Evan James, a new Writing faculty member, who will discuss his novel, Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe, and his book of essays, I’ve Been Wrong Before.

Evan is an award-winning writer whose personal essays and fiction have appeared in such publications as Oxford American, Travel + Leisure, and The New York Times, among others. He received an MFA in Fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Interested in writing? Explore the JHU MA in Science Writing and MA in Writing programs:

https://advanced.jhu.edu/academics/graduate/ma-science-writing/

https://advanced.jhu.edu/academics/graduate/ma-writing/