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A graduate of columbia universitys mfa program, he is now an assistant professor of english and creative writing at suny new paltz and a graduate lecturer in fiction. He is currently a lecturer in writing at manhattanville college and lives in new york city with his wife, leah. Jul 12, 2016 kristopher jansma, author of the unchangeable spots of leopards and why we came to the city, talks to gary almeter about what inspired his beautiful prologue, how he juggled so many characters including new york city, and how living in a big city influences his writing. Kristopher jansma author of the unchangeable spots of leopards. A graduate of columbia universitys mfa program, he is now an assistant professor of english and creative writing at suny new paltz and a graduate lecturer in fiction at sarah lawrence college. By kristopher jansma draft is a series about the art and craft of writing. March 26, 20 kristopher jansmas debut novel is a hypercomplex meditation on the boundary between truth and lies. My new editor and i were sharing a celebratory drink at a swanky lower manhattan bar, like a pair of characters in my first novel, which she would publish in less than a year. The last and best of the peter pans and the ocean full of bowling balls have never been published in the nearly sixty years since salinger wrote them. Kristopher jansma author of the unchangeable spots of.
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