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Listed as:

Fiction Writer

Public address:

Minneapolis, MN

Minnesota US

Email:

joshuawetjen@gmail.com

Bio:

Joshua Wetjen is a high school English teacher living in Minneapolis and working in St. Paul. When not grading or chasing his two children, he likes to tinker on his jazz guitar and try new restaurants with his wife. His work has appeared Opossum, Newfound and Yalobusha Review.

Gives readings:

Yes

Favorite authors:

Mia Alvar, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Colson Whitehead, Joan Silber, Eileen Chang, Lydia Davis, James Baldwin, Lucia Berlin, Tobias Wolff, Joseph O'Neill, Carmen Maria Machado, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lauren Groff, Fiona McFarlane, Shirley Hazzard, Chinua Achebe, Alexander Chee, Shūsaku Endō, Xu Xi, Mary Karr, Salvatore Scibona, Richard Lange, Amy Hempel, Asali Solomon, Barry Gifford, Lan Samantha Chang, Dorthe Nors, Don Lee, Mimi Lok, Yasunari Kawabata, Ed Brubaker, Alan Moore, Christine Sneed, Amber Sparks, Miranda July, Zadie Smith, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Jonathen Lethem, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jacqueline Woodson, Brandon Taylor

Born in:

San Diego, CA

California

Raised in:

Hong Kong S.A.R., China

Website:

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What I'm reading now:

The Sorrow of Others by Ada Zhang

Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong by Vaudine England

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Adults