Brian Evenson is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction. He has received degrees from Brigham Young University and the University of Washington . After leaving a teaching position at BYU, he held positions at Oklahoma State University, Syracuse University and University of Denver. He is currently the Chair of the Literary Arts Program at Brown University. He is also a senior editor of the Conjunctions literary journal published by Bard College and has participated in Naropa University's Summer Writing Program and The Juniper Summer Writing Institute at... the University of Massachusetts, Amherst's MFA Program for Poets & Writers. Formerly a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , Evenson left both the Church and a teaching position at Brigham Young University following controversy surrounding his first book, Altmann's Tongue. Evenson is a prolific writer of short stories, novellas, and novels. He has also translated several works of literature from French into English.
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