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First Draft Episode #247: Jennifer de Leon Jennifer De Leon is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Framingham State University, and a GrubStreet instructor and board member. Her debut young adult novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, is out from Atheneum/Simon & Schuster on August 4, 2020. This episode was sponsored by HIGHLAND 2, a better way to write, and by We Didn’t Ask For This, the newest novel by Adi Alsaid, out from Inkyard Press April 7 (listen to his First Draft interview here). Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Herb Kohl was Jenn’s professor at USF while she was getting her master’s degree Ben Brooks, author and senior writer in residence at Emerson, taught Jenn in a continuing education class GrubStreet in Boston is the country’s largest and leading independent creative writing center Christopher Castellani, Artistic Director, Stage and Convenings at GrubStreet The Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference VONA, the Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation The Macundo Foundation,