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William Jensen

WILLIAM JENSEN is the editor of Southwestern American Literature and Texas Books in Review, and the author of Cities of Men.

Jensen has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Texas State University, where he studied under Robert Stone and Tim O'Brien, and his short fiction has appeared in The Texas Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Tinge Magazine, and Mystery Tribune.

When he’s not writing, Jensen teaches English and southwestern studies at Texas State University, drawing on his roots in southern California and central Arizona. Much of his fiction engages with the landscapes and cultures of the American Southwest.

William lives in Austin, Texas.

William Jensen’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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  • Cities of Men: A Novel

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    In 1987, twelve-year-old Cooper Balsam's mother, Arden, disappears without a trace. Cooper's father, Percy, a Vietnam veteran struggling with PTSD,...

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