Dan Leach

Dan Leach is a Lecturer in the Department of English at Charleston Southern University. He earned his BA and MA in English from Clemson University and an MFA in Fiction from Warren Wilson College. His academic and creative work focuses on intersections of faith and creativity.

• Clemson University, BA (English)
• Clemson University, MA (English)
• Warren Wilson College, MFA (Fiction)

Leach’s research interests revolve around literary craft in fiction and poetry, Southern literature from the mid-to-late twentieth century, and the works of Haruki Murakami. His creative practice informs his pedagogy, emphasizing narrative innovation and regional storytelling traditions.

His debut collection, Floods and Fires (2017), explores environmental and personal upheavals through prose and verse. His work appears in Copper Nickel, The Greensboro Review, and storySouth, reflecting regional and contemporary themes. While no specific articles are detailed, his broader creative output aligns with Southern literary studies and modern narrative experimentation.