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.”
News
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.
Poem in The Southern Review
I’m more than pleased to see my poem “J & W Redemption, Highway 9, North Iowa,” along with a striking set of images by Edward Keating and work by luminaries like Bonnie Jo Campbell, Rodney Jones, Campbell McGrath, and David Wojahn, featured in The Southern Review‘s Americana issue.
Memphis Closes Her Eyes
Black Lawrence Press is again featuring a poem from and short interview with one of the poets in their catalog for each day of National Poetry Month. My poem “Memphis Closes Her Eyes” is featured today.
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