Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Joshua Marie Wilkinson is an American poet, editor, publisher, and filmmaker.
Life
He was born on December 2, 1977, 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, Film, and English. He has also edited five anthologies and directed a tour documentary of the band Califone with Solan Jensen released in 2011 by IndiePix.His work appeared at PEN Poetry Series, Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Society of America, Boston Review, and Bomb. His writing has also been featured in many anthologies including both Postmodern American Poetry edited by Paul Hoover and Language Lessons: Vol. 1 from Jack White's Third Man Records, which was featured in Rolling Stone, Spin, The Guardian, and elsewhere.
He currently teaches creative writing at University of Arizona and is a founding editor of the online literary journal of poetry and poetics. and a founding editor of the small press, which has been honored by the National Book Award Foundation.
He is married to the writer Lisa Wells.
Selected works
Books
- The Courier's Archive & Hymnal, Sidebrow Books, 2013,
- Swamp Isthmus, Black Ocean, 2013,
- Selenography, with Polaroids by Tim Rutili, Sidebrow Books, 2010,
- The Book of Whispering in the Projection Booth, Tupelo Press, 2009,
- Figures for a Darkroom Voice, Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2007,
- Lug Your Careless Body Out of the Careful Dusk: A Poem in Fragments, University of Iowa Press, 2006,
- Suspension of a Secret in Abandoned Rooms, Pinball Publishing, 2005,
Anthologies
- , University of Michigan Press, 2015,
- The Volta Book of Poets, Sidebrow Books, 2015,
- The Force of What's Possible: Writers on Accessibility & the Avant-Garde, with Lily Hoang, Nightboat Books, 2015,
- Poets on Teaching: A Sourcebook, University of Iowa Press, 2010,
- 12x12: Conversations in 21st-Century Poetry and Poetics, with Christina Mengert, University of Iowa Press, 2009,
Chapbooks
- A Little Slash at the Meadow, Above/Ground Press, 2013
- 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
- Cold Faction, Further Adventures Press, 2009
- The Book of Flashlights, Clover, & Milk
- The Book of Truants & Projectorlight
- ''A Ghost as King of the Rabbits''
Films
- Made a Machine by Describing the Landscape: a film about Califone, co-directed by Solan Jensen