Steven Church, Writer, Educator, and Editor

March 21, 2022 01:03:07
Steven Church, Writer, Educator, and Editor
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Steven Church, Writer, Educator, and Editor

Mar 21 2022 | 01:03:07

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Show Notes

Steven Church is the author of six books of nonfiction, most recently the collection of essays, I'm Just Getting to the Disturbing Part: On Work, Fear, and Fatherhood. His essays have been published and anthologized widely, including in the Best American Essays. He teaches in the MFA Program at Fresno State and is a founding editor of the literary magazine, The Normal School.

Steven's Website

Books

A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib

In the Eye of the Wild Nastassja Martin

Anything by Joan Didion 

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