Jo Scott-Coe

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Riverside, CA
California US
Email: 
jo.scott-coe@rcc.edu

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Babel Fruit
,
Bitter Oleander
,
Fourth Genre
,
Green Mountains Review
,
Hotel Amerika
,
Memoir (and)
,
Ninth Letter
,
Poemeleon
,
River Teeth
,
Ruminate
,
Salon
,
So to Speak
,
Superstition Review
,
Swink
,
The Nervous Breakdown
,
Turnrow
,
Writing on the Edge
Prizes won: 

Winner of the 2009 NCTE Donald Murray Prize for writing about teaching.

Memoir in essays, Teacher at Point Blank, published by Aunt Lute Books (2010).

Ms. Magazine has picked Teacher at Point Blank as a "Great Read" for Fall 2010.

Pushcart Special Mention 2009, for nonfiction "Teaching at Point Blank";

Notable essay in Best American Essays 2009, "The Recesses of High School"

Notable essay in Best American Essays 2010, "Recovering Teacher"

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Art & Lies by Jeanette Winterson, Stories by Anton Chekov, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Feminist
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
West Lafayette
Raised in: 
Various
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Last update: Apr 07, 2017