First Draft Episode #247: Jennifer de Leon
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Jennifer De Leon is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Framingham State University, and a GrubStreet instructor and board member. Her debut young adult novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, is out from Atheneum/Simon & Schuster on August 4, 2020.
This episode was sponsored by HIGHLAND 2, a better way to write, and by We Didn’t Ask For This, the newest novel by Adi Alsaid, out from Inkyard Press April 7 (listen to his First Draft interview here).
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Herb Kohl was Jenn’s professor at USF while she was getting her master’s degree
Ben Brooks, author and senior writer in residence at Emerson, taught Jenn in a continuing education class
GrubStreet in Boston is the country’s largest and leading independent creative writing center
Christopher Castellani, Artistic Director, Stage and Convenings at GrubStreet
VONA, the Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation
The Macondo Foundation, founded by Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street
Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Jason Reynolds, author of Ghost, Long Way Down, and Look Both Ways (listen to his First Draft interview here)
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