Alden Jones

Alden Jones is an assistant professor of writing, literature, and publishing at Emerson College and the author of The Wanting Was a Wilderness: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and the Art of Memoir.

Alden Jones is an assistant professor of writing, literature, and publishing at Emerson College and the author of The Wanting Was a Wilderness: Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and the Art of Memoir.

Why trauma writers lie to us

Alden Jones

14 Oct 2025