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Emily Arnason Casey [1]

Listed as: 
Creative Nonfiction Writer
Public address: 
, VT
Vermont US
Email: 
emilyclairecasey@gmail.com
Bio: 

Emily Arnason Casey was born and mostly raised in northern Minnesota. Her family also lived in West Virginia and North Dakota before returning to settle beside a lake in rural Minnesota where her father and mother built a log home and raised their six children. A graduate of the University of Minnesota--twin cities, after moving to Vermont, Casey studied fiction and creative nonfiction at Vermont College of Fine Arts where she received an MFA in writing. Her essays have appeared in literary journals such as American Literary Review, Normal School, Hotel Amerika, and Mid-American Review. Former Nonfiction Editor of Atlas & Alice Magazine, she coaches and mentors writers, teaches at the Community College of Vermont, and tends children in rural Vermont with her husband, the kindergarten teacher and singer song-writer, Mr. Martin.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Favorite authors: 
Alice Munro, Paul Yoon, Claudia Rankine, Louise Erdrich, Annie Proulx, Amy Hempel, Jesmyn Ward, Tommy Orange, Mary Ruefle, Eula Biss, Jericho Parms, Laura van den Berg, Elizabeth Strout.
Twitter/X: 
emily_arna
Born in: 
Hibbing, MN
Minnesota
Raised in: 
MN
Minnesota
Website: 
https://www.emilyarnasoncasey.com [2]
Education: 
Vermont College of Fine Arts–Writing
Identifies as: 
American

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[1] https://www.pw.org/node/1096169 [2] https://www.emilyarnasoncasey.com