Joshua Marie Wilkinson is the author or editor of fifteen books, the most recent of which is his debut novel, Trouble Finds You (Fonograf 2023).
He lives in Portland, Oregon, in the United States, with the writer Lisa Wells, where they serve as series editors, with Mark Levine, of the Kuhl House Poets series for University of Iowa Press.
His work has appeared in Poetry, Tin House, The Believer, Iowa Review, A Public Space, and many others. After many years in academia, he now works as a psychotherapist.
Because my best friend and I decided that we will read this to our children every night-knowing that they will have pleasant dreams every night. Surprising, innovative, and a blessing to own. If you want a giant poem where each page is full of wonder and wander then go no further then this rectangle! Someday I will write a review that does this poem and author justice...until then, this gushing snippet will have to suffice.