Bio
John W. Evans is the author of three books: Should I Still Wish: A Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2017), Young Widower: A Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2014), and The Consolations: Poems (Trio House Press, 2014). His books have won prizes including the Peace Corps Writers Book Prize, a ForeWord Reviews Book Prize, the River Teeth Book Prize, and the Trio Award. Should I Still Wish was selected by Poets and Writers magazine as a “new and noteworthy” title of January/February 2017, and is published in the American Lives Series. His work appears in The Missouri Review (2016 Editor’s Prize Finalist), Poets & Writers, Slate, Boston Review, ZYZZYVA, The Rumpus, and Best American Essays 2011 (Honorable Mention), as well as the chapbooks, No Season (FWQ, 2011) and Zugzwang (RockSaw, 2009). John is currently the Draper Lecturer of Creative Nonfiction at Stanford University, where he was previously a Jones Lecturer and a Wallace Stegner Fellow. He lives in Northern California with his wife and three young sons. He is at work on his first novel.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Creative Writing
2020-21 Courses
- Advanced Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 291 (Spr) - Creative Expression in Writing
ENGLISH 9CE (Aut) - Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 91 (Sum) - Intermediate Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 191 (Win) - Sports Writing
ENGLISH 90Q (Aut) -
Independent Studies (1)
- Individual Work
ENGLISH 198 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Individual Work
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Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 91 (Win, Spr, Sum) - Intermediate Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 191 (Aut) - Sports Writing
ENGLISH 90Q (Aut) - Writing the Memoir
ENGLISH 91DC (Win, Spr)
2018-19 Courses
- Creative Expression in Writing
ENGLISH 9CE (Spr) - Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 91 (Win, Spr, Sum) - Intermediate Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 191 (Aut) - Sports Writing
ENGLISH 90Q (Win) - Writing the Memoir
ENGLISH 91DC (Aut, Spr)
2017-18 Courses
- Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 91 (Aut, Spr, Sum) - DCI Intermediate Memoir Workshop
ENGLISH 191DC (Spr) - Intermediate Creative Nonfiction
ENGLISH 191 (Win) - Reading and Writing Poetry
ENGLISH 92 (Spr, Sum) - Sports Writing
ENGLISH 90Q (Win) - Writing the Memoir
ENGLISH 91DC (Aut)
- Creative Nonfiction
All Publications
- Should I Still Wish: A Memoir The American Lives Series University of Nebraska Press. 2017
- Young Widower: A Memoir The River Teeth Book Prize Series The University of Nebraska Press. 2014
- The Consolations: Poems Trio Prize Series Trio House Press. 2014