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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: September 2011

Up in the Counterpoint Catalog!

Posted on September 13, 2011September 13, 2011 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

We’ve got a cover for the memoir, and I’m up in the latest Counterpoint catalog–exciting stuff!

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Poem up at Shaking

Posted on September 7, 2011 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

 

My poem “Letter to My Unborn Son Concerning the Peculiarities of Faith” is up at Shaking.  Here’s a bit more about the magazine from their website:

Shaking Magazine publishes poetry and prose that moves, that rests on the fault lines of literature, and stirs our understanding of human experience.

 

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