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Joe Wilkins has a big, true, highway-running American voice. When you see a new book of his, you should celebrate. Just buy it, put down the window, and let the music blow back your hair. It's nothing but alive. -Luis Alberto Urrea

Month: November 2009

Poems taken at Cave Wall and Linebreak

Posted on November 2, 2009 by joe.robert.wilkins in Uncategorized

Just got word Linebreak has taken my poem “Encomium: Driving Highway 49” and Cave Wall has taken “One More Time Durango” and “The Old Ways Fade and Do Not Come Back”; I’m more than pleased to have poems coming up in such fine venues!

“You, All of You” in the Sun

Posted on November 1, 2009November 2, 2009 by joe.robert.wilkins in Uncategorized

The Sun

Though I’m a little late getting this up, my essay “You, All of You” was featured in the September 2009 issue of The Sun. The piece has occasioned emails and letters from folks across the country; so puzzling and wonderful to have readers!

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