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Jon Day is a writer, critic, and academic with a focus on English Creative Writing. He joined King's College London in 2014 after completing his DPhil at St John’s College, Oxford, where he studied modernist fiction, neurology, and the philosophy of mind. Day's notable works include the monograph 'Novel Sensations: Modernist Fiction and the Problem of Qualia' published by Edinburgh University Press in 2020, which delves into the philosophical issues surrounding qualia in modernist literature. He has written creative non-fiction, including 'Pilgrims’ Castle' and 'Cyclogeography,' exploring themes of travel and landscape through personal narratives. His edited collection, 'Twitch Thread: Writers Fishing,' was released in 2019. Additionally, Day contributes regularly to the London Review of Books and serves as a fiction critic for various literary publications. He teaches research-led creative writing at King’s and actively encourages potential PhD students interested in modernist literature and creative non-fiction projects.
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