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Joe Woodward's new biography, ALIVE INSIDE THE WRECK: A Biography of Nathanael West is now available at O/R Books.
You can order the book today at www.orbooks.com. His blog on the research and writing of the biography can be found at TheNathanaelWestProject.
A past cover story for Poets & Writers Magazine,"Carol Muske-Dukes: The Novelist's Inner Poet," was
a winner at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards in June 2008. He's also written on Tobias Wolff, Bret Easton Ellis, Neal Pollack,
and David Foster Wallace.
His work has appeared in many publications including the San Francisco Chronicle
Book Review, The Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times Claremont-Upland Voice, LATIMES.com,3AM, and
elsewhere. A finalist in Glimmer Train Press Short Story Awards for New Writers, he has taught writing at Brooklyn College,
City University of New York, and Kingsborough Community College.
A native of southern California and resident
of the suburbs his entire life, save three years spent in New York City, Woodward received his B.A. in English from the University
of Redlands and MFA in English from Brooklyn College. His teachers, to whom he is forever grateful, include Allen Ginsberg,
Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, LS Asekoff, Joan Larkin, Ralph Angel, Roberta Smoodin, Bruce McAllister and many, many others.
His weekly column “Eye on the Foothills,” from which his book Small Matters was gathered, appeared
weekly in the Los Angeles Times Claremont-Upland Voice in 2003-2004. He currently lives with his family in Claremont,
California. He is represented by Elizabeth Evans at The Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. He can be reached at JoeWoodward5@hotmail.com
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