Joni Wallace

Poet

Tucson, AZ
Arizona US

Author's Bio

Joni Wallace is the author of three books of poetry: Kingdom Come Radio Show (forthcoming, Barrow Street, 2016), finalist for the Colorado Prize, the Besmilr Brigham Award, Word Works’ Washington Prize, and AROHO’s To the Lighthouse Award; Blinking Ephemeral Valentine (Four Way Books, 2011), winner of the Levis Prize (selected by Mary Jo Bang); Red Shift (Kore Press, 2001), which garnered a fellowship from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she teaches at the University of Arizona Poetry Center and works as a freelance editor.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Blinking Ephemeral Valentine (Four Way Books, 2011)
Prizes won: 

Levis Prize, Four Way Books, 2011 (selected by Mary Jo Bang).

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
European American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Princeton
Raised in: 
Los Alamos, NM
New Mexico
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Last update: Aug 20, 2016