Evan Barton


Evan Barton
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

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Biography

Evan is a PhD student on the creative writing track at KU. His interests include the Harlem Renaissance, the Southern Gothic, contemporary African American fiction, genre theory, realism and romance, and robots. Prior to arriving in Kansas he earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. He has a background in communications and journalism, and he spent most of 2020 teaching English in Shanghai.