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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

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THe Annual Wallace Stegner LEcture

Posted on March 18, 2022 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

Such a joy and honor and all the good stuff to deliver the annual Wallace Stegner Lecture at Lewis and Clark State College last week.

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A Story at Blood Orange Review

Posted on December 28, 2016December 28, 2016 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

So pleased the good folks at the Blood Orange Review took a chance on the this strange, broken story, which features these very cool hover-over footnotes!

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Best American Nonrequired Reading

Posted on September 6, 2012 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

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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Story in the Latest Issue of Indiana Review

Posted on January 19, 2012 by joe.robert.wilkins in News

My story “Sam and Annie: A Kind of Love Story” is in the latest issue of Indiana Review, which also features wonderful work by two of my favorite writers, Michael McGriff and Traci Brimhall.

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Upcoming Events

  • The Salem Poetry Project: A Reading by Joe Wilkins February 12, 2026 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Marco Polo Global Restaurant, 300 Liberty St SE, Salem, OR 97301, USA Each week the Salem Poetry Project presents a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: three poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at mrcjanssen@msn.com.
  • Lewis and Clark College Visiting Writers Series Presents: Joe Wilkins February 24, 2026 at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Lewis and Clark College https://college.lclark.edu/calendars/events/event/373461-2025-2026-visiting-writers-series-joe-wilkins
  • Celebrating 25 Years of the Viebranz Professorship March 12, 2026 at 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm St. Lawrence University https://www.stlawu.edu/events/writers-series-presents-kenny-cook-ana-maria-spagna-and-joe-wilkins
  • Storycatcher Festival April 8, 2026 – April 11, 2026 Gunnison, Colorado https://www.marisandozsociety.org/about_the_society/events_activities/story-catcher-festival/2024-story-catcher-workshop.html
  • Get Lit! April 17, 2026 – April 19, 2026 Spokane, WA https://inside.ewu.edu/getlit/
  • What We Really Mean to Say: a Zoom Class with Hugo House May 9, 2026 at 1:10 pm – 4:10 pm
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