“On the Beginning of Winter in Some Lost Industrial City of the North River Country,” from my latest book of poems, Notes from the Journey Westward, is up in Escape Into Life‘s recent poetry feature. Especially pleased to see my work alongside great work from Karen J. Weyant and Molly Spencer.
Category: News
Thanks, Mr. Hollowell
Magic City Magazine, out of Billings, MT, always does a year-end issue featuring inspiring people in the area. This year, my old 4th grade teacher, Frank Hollowell, is featured–as is a selection from my memoir, The Mountain and the Fathers, where Mr. Hollowell figures prominently.
Playlist for Notes from the Journey Westward
The official Notes from the Journey Westward playlist–featuring Lucinda Williams, Lucero, The National, Houndmouth, and others–is up at Largehearted Boy!
“Reckoning” up at Verse Daily
My poem “Reckoning” is up at Verse Daily!
Notes from the Journey Westward
My second full-length collection, Notes from the Journey Westward, winner of the 17th Annual White Pine Poetry Prize, is officially for sale at the White Pine Press website. Really humbling to be in a catalog that includes James Wright, Robert Bly, Marjorie Agosin, David St. John, and so many other essential poets and writers.
Absence
Another Review for Killing the Murnion Dogs
A great review in the Billings Gazette this week for Killing the Murnion Dogs!
Traveling
Had a wonderful time last week at the Montana Festival of the Book–where The Mountain and the Fathers sold out and was nominated for the Montana Book Award!–and this coming week I’m off to read at Augustana College, Elk River Books, and the High Plains Book Fest.
It’s Here!
Just got my copies of my second full-length collection of poems, Notes from the Journey Westward. You can order yours here: http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781935210368-0. And you can read the title poem, as well as “Hayrake,” another poem in the collection here: http://www.bpj.org/index/W.html#Wilkins Joe.
Best American Nonrequired Reading
Some unexpected good news: My story “Sam and Annie: A Kind of Love Story,” from the Winter 2011 issue of Indiana Review, earned a notable mention in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012.
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