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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: June 2011

Poem at The Adirondack Review

Posted on June 22, 2011 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

Very pleased to see my poem “Anniversary” up in the Summer 2011 issue of The Adirondack Review.

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Essay at Ecotone

Posted on June 20, 2011June 20, 2011 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

Just got the new issue of Ecotone the other day, and with work by Mark Richard, Kevin Prufer, and Elizabeth Spires, as well as a striking series of photos by Magdalena Solé from the Mississippi Delta, a place near and dear to my heart, it’s really, really wonderful. I’m more than pleased my essay “Boys” is in there as well

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“Enough of Me” Wins High Desert Journal’s Obsidian Prize

Posted on June 10, 2011 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

My short story “Enough of Me” was recently chosen as the winner of the 2011 Obsidian Prize from High Desert Journal. The contest was judged by the great Gretel Ehrlich, and you can find the story in HDJ 13.

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