Ryan Asmussen

RYAN ASMUSSEN is a writer/educator who works as a Visiting Lecturer in English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has published criticism, journalism, fiction, and poetry. Having earned a BLS and MAT from Boston University, he is now pursuing a Master's of Liberal Arts in Creative Writing and Literature from Harvard Extension School. His Twitter handle is @RyanAsmussen.

23 Articles Published | Follow:
Capital and Morals Collide in “Birnam Wood”
Lives Lost and Re-found in “The Faraway World”
Intertwining Fiction and Memory: An Interview with Elizabeth McCracken on “The Hero of This Story”
Sometimes It’s the Symptoms That Kill You: An Interview with George Prochnik on “I Dream with Open Eyes”
The Radical Act of Remembrance: A True Story of Black Creeks in “We Refuse to Forget”
Shuttling Down the Side Streets of the Weird in “Out There”
Leading Dante from Shadow into City in “Dante”
The Radical Potential of Milton in “Making Darkness Light”: An Interview with Joe Moshenska
A Vast Journey Through Literary History in “Around the World in 80 Books”
Self-Determination and Transcendence in “Books Promiscuously Read”