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Join Johns Hopkins MA in Writing student Susan Edwards as she moderates a discussion with program lecturer Elise Levine. Levine, who will introduce her new short-story collection Big of You, is also the author of Say This: Two Novellas and of the story collections This Wicked Tongue and Driving Men Mad. Her published work — including novels Blue Field and Requests and Dedications, as well as works of nonfiction and poetry — has appeared in numerous publications including Ploughshares, The Walrus, The Collagist, Blackbird, Hotel Amerika, Prairie Schooner, and Best Canadian Stories.
Levine earned a BA in English from the University of Toronto, a diploma in book and magazine publishing from Centennial College in Toronto, and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Art. She has worked as a book editor in educational publishing and was the managing editor of a feminist publisher in Toronto.
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/
Join Johns Hopkins MA in Writing student Susan Edwards as she moderates a discussion with program lecturer Elise Levine. Levine, who will introduce her new short-story collection Big of You, is also the author of Say This: Two Novellas and of the story collections This Wicked Tongue and Driving Men Mad. Her published work — including novels Blue Field and Requests and Dedications, as well as works of nonfiction and poetry — has appeared in numerous publications including Ploughshares, The Walrus, The Collagist, Blackbird, Hotel Amerika, Prairie Schooner, and Best Canadian Stories.
Levine earned a BA in English from the University of Toronto, a diploma in book and magazine publishing from Centennial College in Toronto, and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Art. She has worked as a book editor in educational publishing and was the managing editor of a feminist publisher in Toronto.
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/
