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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: August 2011

New Poem at Conte

Posted on August 19, 2011 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

The latest issue of Conte: A Journal of Narrative Writing is up, and it includes, along with great new work by Brandon Courtney and Keith Montesano, my poem “Colic.”

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First Book Interview at iO Poetry

Posted on August 15, 2011August 15, 2011 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

The latest issue of the wonderful new online journal iO Poetry is up, and I’m interviewed therein about my upcoming first-book of poems, Killing the Murnion Dogs.

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“Boys” up at Ecotone

Posted on August 9, 2011August 11, 2011 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

My essay “Boys” is up this week at Ecotone!

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Back Story to “Enough of Me”

Posted on August 4, 2011August 4, 2011 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

High Desert Journal is up with a short essay of mine about the writing of my 2011 Obsidian Prize for Fiction-winning short story, “Enough of Me.”

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