Jason T. Lewis
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| Location | Iowa City, Iowa |
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| Introduction | Jason T. Lewis was born in West Virginia. He has lived in New York City, and Iowa, as well. He is a graduate of the fiction program at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His writing has appeared in Yemassee, Connotation Press, Little Village, and Tape Op. His first novel, The Fourteenth Colony, will be published in the fall of 2011 along with a companion album of songs written by Jason in the voice of the novel’s protagonist. Jason is the director of the Writing and Humanities Program at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, managing editor of The Examined Life: A Literary Journal of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and co-director of the recently formed Humanities Distinction Track at the same institution. Jason is also a singer, songwriter, and producer. He’s released four albums of original material, first with his group, Star City, and most recently with Sad Iron Music. No Depression magazine called Star City, “The best alt.country band you never heard of.” Some things Jason likes: his family, The Beatles, West Virginia University sports, fish, Triumph motorcycles, comic books, gadgets. |