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Fall 2023 College 1 - Common Read

This year's common read is Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon. The goal of a common reading experience is to foster a sense of community and provide a dynamic and fulfilling learning experience.

About Jennifer De Leon

Jennifer De Leon is a Boston-born author with Guatemalan roots. As an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Framingham State University and a faculty member in Harvard University's Creative Writing & Literature Master Program, she has published prose in over a dozen literary journals, and she's a contributor to NPR. Her educational journey spans Connecticut College, where she majored in International Relations and French, to earning a Master of Arts in Teaching through Teach For America at the University of San Francisco, and finally, a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from UMASS-Boston. She's received numerous awards and residencies, including recognition from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Hedgebrook, Macondo, VONA, Associates of the Boston Public Library's Writer-in-Residence Program, and the City of Boston's Artist-in-Residence Program. Learn more about Jennifer De Leon

Other publications

Check out these other works by Jennifer De Leon available via the CSM Library.

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