Jonathan Freeman-Coppadge

Author Profile

In people, as in books, Jonathan values those who simultaneously take us out of ourselves and give us permission to be fully ourselves. He strives to do the same for others in his fiction, essays, and poetry. A graduate of St. John's College and Bread Loaf School of English, he lives with his husband and son in Maryland, where he teaches English. He is Fiction Editor at Oyster River Pages, and is represented by Chris Kepner (The Kepner Agency).

Links

Poets & Writers Directory
Oyster River Pages

List of Publications

1. Metastatic Soliloquy (2014)
2. An Epistolary Friendship: Louise DeSalvo through Her Letters (2019)
3. Please Answer Honestly (2019)
4. HuffPost Articles ()
5. Writing My Way Out (2017)
6. Pilgrims (2018)
7. Finding Pride: Empowering LGBTQ Youth Through Online Stories (2017)
8. Crossroads (2016)
9. Endangered Studies: Why the Canon Matters in the Academic Ecosphere (2014)

Metastatic Soliloquy (Short story)

Year of publication: 2014

Publisher: Malarkey Books

Description: My first published piece of fiction. It originally appeared in The Rampallian (Winter/Spring 2014).

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An Epistolary Friendship: Louise DeSalvo through Her Letters (Essay)

Year of publication: 2019

Publisher: Italian Americana

Description: An elegiac essay on my friendship with scholar, memoirist, and writing professor Louise DeSalvo, whom I met while I was at St. John's, and who died late 2018.

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Italian Americana
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Please Answer Honestly (Essay)

Year of publication: 2019

Publisher: Communicate Publishing

Description: My essay about becoming gay adoptive parents was featured in the "More Queer Families" anthology.

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HuffPost Articles (Article)

Publication: Huffington Post

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Publisher: Huffington Post

Description: Multiple articles.

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Writing My Way Out (Essay)

Year of publication: 2017

Publisher: Hippocampus Magazine

Description: A brief essay on what I've learned about writing through coming out, and vice-versa.

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Pilgrims (Poem)

Year of publication: 2018

Publisher: RJC Cecelia Music

Description: Groton School commissioned a poem (then set to music by Richard J. Clark) for their 2018 Lessons and Carols service.

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Finding Pride: Empowering LGBTQ Youth Through Online Stories (Contribution)

Year of publication: 2017

Publisher: It Gets Better

Description: I co-designed and contributed to one It Gets Better's first EduGuides.

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Crossroads (Essay)

Year of publication: 2016

Publisher: Wipe & Stock

Description: My essay about reconciling my sexual orientation with my Evangelical background was featured in "Rainbow in the Word: LGBTQ Christians' Biblical Memoirs" (ed. Ellin Jimmerson).

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Endangered Studies: Why the Canon Matters in the Academic Ecosphere (Article)

Publication: Independent Teacher

Issue Date: Spring 2014

Year of publication: 2014

Publisher: NAIS

Description: A brief article on the importance to maintaining foundational texts in secondary classrooms.

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