Jason Tougaw is an American author known for his memoir The One You Get and The Elusive Brain, a non-fiction account of neuroscience’s cultural influence.
Jason Tougaw | |
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 Jason Tougaw at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, as part of the Worlding the Brain Conference (2017) | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | UCLA, The CUNY Graduate Center |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Professor of English |
| Partner | David Driver |
Tougaw was raised in San Diego, California. He attended San Pasqual High School. He graduated from UCLA. He received a PhD from The CUNY Graduate Center. He teaches writing and literature at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He has also taught at American University and Princeton University.[1][2]
Tougaw’s essays have been published in OUT magazine, DV8, Largehearted Boy, Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Modern Fiction Studies, Literature and Medicine, and The Quivering Pen.[3][4][5][6][7] He writes a regular column for Psychology Today. He hosts a weekly music show – The Mixtape – on public radio station WJFF in Jeffersonville, New York.
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- ^ "Queens College Department of English » Jason Tougaw". Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ "Jason Tougaw". www.out.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "Queens College Department of English » Jason Tougaw". Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "Christopher Isherwood Taught Me to Live Unapologetically". Literary Hub. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ Abrams, David (2017-09-18). "My First Time: Jason Tougaw". The Quivering Pen. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - Jason Tougaw "The One You Get"". www.largeheartedboy.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.