Jan Guenther Braun is a Canadian writer from Osler, Saskatchewan. Braun is best known for her 2008 novel ''Somewhere Else'', which is considered an important early work of Queer

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. She has also published poetry and literary criticism Braun lived in

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, Manitoba for many years, where she received a degree in theology at

Canadian Mennonite University Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a private Mennonite university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is affiliated with Mennonite Church Canada and the Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba. It has an enrolment of 1,607 students. The ...

. She currently works at the

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, Ontario.

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