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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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  • Oregon Book Awards Ceremony April 20, 2026 at 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Patricia Henley and Joe Wilkins at Broadway Books May 7, 2026 at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • What We Really Mean to Say: a Zoom Class with Hugo House May 9, 2026 at 1:10 pm – 4:10 pm Zoom Register here: https://hugohouse.org/product/what-we-really-mean-to-say-using-poetic-techniques-in-prose/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…
  • The Studio Series with Featured Reader Joe Wilkins July 12, 2026 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Ross Island Grocery & Cafe, 3502 S Corbett Ave, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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