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Garrett Epps joined the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2008 and teaches Constitutional Law and Creative Writing. Epps has published numerous books, scholarly articles, and articles for general audiences in the field of constitutional law and civil rights. His most recent book, Wrong and Dangerous: Ten Right-Wing Myths about Our Constitution, has received five-star reviews. His previous book, Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America (2006), was a finalist for the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. A novelist and former journalist, Epps is a former staff writer for the Washington Post, and has also written for, Inter Alia, The New York Times, The New Republic, and The New York Review of Books. Epps began his academic career after clerking for the Hon. John O. Butzner, Jr., of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia. He earned both his LL.M. (in Comparative and International Law) and his J.D. (With Highest Honors) from Duke University, where he served as articles editor of Law and Contemporary Problems. Prior to attending law school, Epps earned his M.A. in English Writing from Hollins College in 1975, and his B.A. from Harvard College in 1972, where he was editor of the Harvard Crimson. Epps is a constributing writer and Supreme Court Correspondent for The Atlantic.com.