He told stories of plunging into icy rivers in only his underwear or cobbling together skit costumes from branches and dirty socks. He craved strange foods: dehydrated stews and some drink he called “Tang.”
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Davin Malasarn received his MFA in creative writing from Bennington College and was a PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow. He was a finalist in Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Contest and first runner-up in Opium Magazine’s Memoir contest judged by Tom Perrotta. His work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, Rosebud, Night Train and other literary journals. He is a co-founder of The Granum Foundation and hosts The Artist’s Statement podcast.