John W. Evans is the author of a memoir, Young Widower (forthcoming from University of Nebraska Press, 2014), which won the 2013 River Teeth Book Prize, and a collection of poetry, The Consolations (forthcoming from Trio House Press, 2014). His poems and essays appear in Slate, The Missouri Review, Boston Review, The Gettysburg Review, ZYZZYVA, and The Rumpus. He teaches creative writing at Stanford University, where he was a Stegner Fellow.  

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