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.
Category: News
“Boys” up at Ecotone
Back Story to “Enough of Me”
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.”
HDJ #13 Reviewed at Newpages.com
High Desert Journal #13 deservedly earns a kind review from John Palen this month at Newpages, and my story “Enough of Me” gets a mention:
“Raw delicacy” also describes Joe Wilkins’s intensely realized short story about a homeless woman in Montana who decides she’ll move beyond the self she had become. “Enough of Me” won High Desert Journal’s Obsidian Prize in Fiction, judged by Gretel Ehrlich.
Poem at The Adirondack Review
Very pleased to see my poem “Anniversary” up in the Summer 2011 issue of The Adirondack Review.
Essay at Ecotone
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
“Enough of Me” Wins High Desert Journal’s Obsidian Prize
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.
Poem in Orion
My poem “The eye of the radio was red, and its round mouth was talking–” is up at Orion. Lots of other great stuff in this issue of Orion as well. As always!
Short Essay at Brevity
My essay “All the Forces at Work Here” is up in the latest issue of Brevity, the always fascinating online journal of concise literary nonfiction.
Review of Beautiful Country
Orion has just posted my review of Robert Wrigley’s stunning Beautiful Country.

