Danielle Evans (born Danielle Valore Evans) is an American fiction writer. She is a graduate of

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and the

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. In 2011, she was honored by the

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as one of its "5 Under 35" fiction writers. ''Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self'', her first short story collection, won the 2011 PEN/Robert Bingham Prize. The collection's title echoes a line from "The Bridge Poem," from Kate Rushin's collection ''The Black Back-Ups'' ( Firebrand Books, 1993). Reviewing the book in ''

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'', Lydia Peelle observed that the stories "evoke the thrill of an all-night conversation with your hip, frank, funny college roommate." Evans's work was anthologized in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's ''Best American Short Stories'' collections in 2008, 2010, and 2017. Her stories have also appeared in ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2014 she became an assistant professor in the MFA program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previously, she taught in the English department at American University. She now teaches at Johns Hopkins. On July 17, 2020, Evans was featured on an episode of ''This American Life'' in the series "How to be alone", her audio segment being titled "The Unbearable Part". ''

The Office of Historical Corrections ''The Office of Historical Corrections'' is a short-story collection by American writer Danielle Evans. Published by Riverhead Books on November 10, 2020, the collection consists of six short stories and a novella (after which the collection is ...

'', a collection of seven stories, was released on November 10, 2020. It was a finalist for

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. In April 2021, Evans won the

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Danielle Evans interviewed by Emma Straub at the "5 Under 35" awards in Brooklyn, NY
November 14, 2011.
Danielle Evans Reading From "Wherever You Go, There You Are"
at NPR.
Evans's story "Virgins"
in ''The Paris Review'', Fall 2007 issue * Claire Kinnane
"A Conversation with Danielle Evans"
College of Arts & Sciences, American University, January 7, 2010. * Melinda Moustakis
"If You Lived Here: An Interview with Danielle Evans"
, American Short Fiction, August 1, 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Danielle Valore 1983 births Living people African-American short story writers 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American short story writers University of Iowa alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty American University faculty and staff Columbia College (New York) alumni American women academics 21st-century African-American women writers 21st-century African-American writers 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women