Printable view of Jonathan Freeman-Coppadge

Listed as:

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Public address:

Baltimore, MD

Maryland US

Email:

jonathan@oysterriverpages.com

Bio:

In people, as in books, Jonathan values those who simultaneously take us out of ourselves and give us permission to be fully ourselves. A graduate of St. John's College and Bread Loaf School of English, he lives with his husband and son in Maryland, where he teaches English. He is Fiction Editor at Oyster River Pages, and is represented by Chris Kepner (The Kepner Agency).

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

No

Favorite authors:

James Baldwin, Kate Chopin, Justin Torres, Jamie O’Neill, Marilynne Robinson, Christopher Isherwood, Jhumpa Lahiri, E.M. Forster, Toni Morrison, and Hanya Yanagihara.

Twitter/X:

@jdcoppadge

Born in:

NJ

New Jersey

Raised in:

PA

Pennsylvania

Prizes won:

Taney Brazeal Award (first place), National Poetry Day Contest. Massachusetts State Poetry Society. 2016.
Mark Strand Poetry Prize (first place), National Poetry Day Contest. Massachusetts State Poetry Society. 2016.

Agent/Agency name:

Chris Kepner, The Kepner Agency

What I'm reading now:

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Writers Retreats:

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Identifies as:

LGBTQ

White

Prefers to work with:

Adults

LGBTQ