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Joe Wilkins owns one of the most affecting and necessary voices in American letters. -Mark Spragg

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If you’re interested in having me do a reading or workshop, or if you’d just like to drop me a line, you can reach me at joe.robert.wilkins@gmail.com. Or find me on Substack.

Upcoming Events

  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: Joe Wilkins at the Dallas, OR Public Library September 24, 2026 at 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Dallas Public Library, 950 Main St, Dallas, OR 97338, USA https://www.dallasor.gov/library/page/author-visit-joe-wilkins
  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: McMinnville Release Celebration featuring Music from Tillinghast Mountain Duo September 26, 2026 at 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Heater Allen Brewing, 907 NE 10th Ave, McMinnville, OR 97128, USA
  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: A Virtual Reading with Terrain.org, featuring Joe Wilkins, Steve Edwards, and Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams September 29, 2026 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm https://www.terrain.org/events/sept-2026-reading/
  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: Joe Wilkins and Georgia Cloepfil at Linfield University October 13, 2026 at 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Linfield University Nicholson Library, Ford Dr, McMinnville, OR 97128, USA
  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: The Country Bookshelf, in conversation with Taylor Brorby October 14, 2026 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Country Bookshelf, 28 W Main St, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA https://countrybookshelf.com/event/2026-10-14/evening-authors-joe-wilkins-taylor-brorby
  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: Joe Wilkins and Taylor Brorby at Elk River Books October 15, 2026 at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Elk River Books, 122 S 2nd St, Livingston, MT 59047, USA
  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: Joe Wilkins at River Arts & Books October 17, 2026 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Skagit River Poetry Festival October 22, 2026 – October 25, 2026
  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: Bend Central Library December 2, 2026 at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • What We Really Mean to Say, a Zoom Class with Hugo House December 12, 2026 at 1:10 pm – 4:10 pm Zoom No matter our genre or concerns, language is the foundation of everything we do as writers. But in the rush to draft, revise, and publish, we often lose touch with the music of our sentences—the subtle rhythms, tonal shifts, and sonic textures that give writing its emotional charge.In The Triggering Town, Richard Hugo writes that…
  • Mountain Writers: Joe Wilkins and Suzanne Matson December 16, 2026 at 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Mother Foucault's Bookshop, 715 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214, USA
  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: A Reading with the Spring Creek Project January 21, 2027 at 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts - PRAx, 470 SW 15th St, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
  • Every Sky at Home Book Tour: Auntie's Bookstore February 18, 2027 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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