Overview
Darren DeFrain is the author of numerous short stories, essays, and comics, as well as the story collection Inside & Out (MSR Press) and the cult novel The Salt Palace (New Issues Press). Both books are available online through Dzanc Books. A book with Dr. Fran Connor on the postpunk history of Kansas is forthcoming from KU Press. He is a graduate of the University of Utah (B.A. in English, B.S. in Psychology, minor in Italian), Kansas State University (M.A.), Texas State University’s M.F.A. program and Western Michigan University, where he received his Ph.D. in creative writing in 2000. Along with Aaron Rodriguez, Florida State University Digital Librarian, he is one of the co-founders of the award-winning Vizling App and Content Creation Software. He is the Director of Wichita State University’s Writing Program.
Contact Dr. DeFrain at darren.defrain@wichita.edu.