127 research outputs found
Out West
In this essay, Joe Wilkins writes about growing up hard in eastern Montana.
This essay was a finalist for a 2010 National Magazine Award in the Essay category
Notes from the Bulls: The Unedited Journals of Verl Newman
This short story by Joe Wilkins originally appeared in Orion
All the Forces at Work Here
In this essay by Joe Wilkins, a mistake is straightened out with the help of a family friend
Of Blood and Bone
In this essay, Joe Wilkins muses on the loss of a corporeal knowledge of death
Dream On
In this essay, Joe Wilkins describes what he believes are the essential elements of Western films
Explain: Extinct
Associate Professor Joe Wilkins and his family spent the summer and fall of 2015 living in an off-the-grid cabin in the Klamath Mountains above the Rogue River of southwest Oregon. His poem Explain: Extinct grew out of that time on the Rogue
American Myth-Busting
In this essay, Joe Wilkins discusses the new breed of western films
Where Paradise Lay
In this essay by Joe Wilkins, a stop at a local farmers\u27 market evokes memories of growing up in Montana
My Mother\u27s Story: Retold and Annotated
In this annotated essay, Joe Wilkins tells the story of how his mother met his father and how the two of them came to be his parents
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