Joshua Marie Wilkinson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joshua Marie Wilkinson is an American poet, editor, and filmmaker. He was born and raised in Haller Lake neighborhood, Seattle, Washington. His given name is Joshua Wilson; his grandmother's name was Marie Wilkinson, after whom he writes and publishes. He earned degrees in Poetry (M.F.A., University of Arizona), Film (M.A., University College Dublin), and English (PhD, University of Denver). He has also edited two anthologies for University of Iowa Press and directed a tour documentary of the band Califone. He currently teaches creative writing at University of Arizona and is a founding editor of the online literary journal of poetry and poetics, The Volta.

Selected works

Books

Chapbooks

  • In the Trade of Alive Letters Mis-sent (Brave Men Press, 2011)
  • I go by Edgar Huntly now (DoubleCross Press, 2009)
  • Until the Lantern's Shaky Song: poems for my friends (Cinematheque Press, 2009)
  • The Book of Flashlights, Clover, & Milk (Pilot Books, 2008)
  • The Book of Truants & Projectorlight (Octopus Books, 2006)
  • A Ghost as King of the Rabbits (New Michigan Press, 2005)

Films

  • Made a Machine by Describing the Landscape: a film about Califone, co-directed by Solan Jensen (IndiePix Films, 2011)

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.