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Faculty Profile
Meet K Hank Jost
If you spend any amount of time with K Hank Jost, you’ll know reading and writing are his favorite things in the world.
It’s a love that colors everything he’s done—as a Gotham Fiction Writing teacher, a novelist, a founder of a literary journal, and even as a bartender.
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Faculty Profile
Meet Kyleigh Leddy
But, like most writers, she grappled with self-doubt and the need for stability. These challenges often tested her resolve to pursue her writing. She fostered her other interests, keeping practicality in mind, and studied psychology at Boston College before completing a Master of Social Work at Columbia.
The teacher was kind but thorough. She would ask why a character would say or do something, or point out that the dialogue was good, but there was too much of it, or a scene needed to be grounded so the reader would know where it was, what it looked like, etc. And she would ask “how did you feel about that?” I learned a tremendous amount from this.
Joanne Lupton, distinguished professor, emerita
Faculty Excerpts
All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey
Teresa Wong's forthcoming graphic memoir is about the legacies of upheaval, a longing for family, and the barriers one daughter faces in trying to connect with her immigrant parents. You can view an excerpt of the graphic memoir here.***Shared with...Read More View All
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