Visiting Writers Series: Julia Dixon Evans

Julia Dixon Evans is the author of the novel “How to Set Yourself on Fire” (Dzanc Books, 2018). Her work can be found or is forthcoming in McSweeney’s, Paper Darts, New York Tyrant/Tyrant Books, Barrelhouse, San Diego CityBeat, and elsewhere. She is founding editor and host of Last Exit, a new literary journal, reading, and workshop series. She also serves as senior columns editor for The Coil, an imprint of Alternating Currents Press, and is nonfiction editor for Noble/Gas Qrtrly. She was a 2014 PEN in the Community resident, and taught creative writing to ARTS’ TranscenDANCE youth dancers, and is the former program director and editor for So Say We All, a literary nonprofit. She lives in San Diego.