Born and raised in New Orleans, T. Geronimo Johnson is the best-selling author of Welcome to Braggsville and Hold It ‘Til It Hurts, which was a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.
He has taught writing at Arizona State University, University of Iowa, University of California Berkeley, Western Michigan University and Stanford University, and was selected for a Stegner Fellowship and an Iowa Arts Fellowship. He lives in Berkeley, Calif.
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Cyrus Cassells · 10/15/15
Bill Kartalopolous · 9/24/15
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Alice Notley · 4/23/15
Megan Kruse · 4/2/15
Stephen Harrigan · 3/12/15
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Nick Flynn · 2/11/15
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Marilyn Chin · 1/30/14
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Christopher Howell · 11/7/13
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Elizabeth Hand · 9/5/13
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Manuel Martinez · 2/21/13
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Jake Adam York · 11/29/12
Norma Cantu · 11/8/12
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