Joanne DeTore

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

DAYTONA BEACH, FL
Florida US

Author's Bio

Joanne L. DeTore, Ph.D. is a published poet, essayist, and scholar. Her work has been published in a variety of journals including Reed Magazine, Voices in Italian Americana, Italian Americana, Review Americana: A Literary Journal, The Apple Valley Review, Slow Trains Literary Journal, The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, Art Ciencia: Revista de Arte, Cincia e Communicacao, And/Or Literary Journal, The Philosophical Mother, and Florida English and in the books, Anti-Italianism: Essays on Prejudice; Fractured Feminisms: Rhetoric, Context, and Contestation; Joy, Interrupted; and Sweet Lemons: Writing with a Sicilian Accent. She has appeared on national TV as an expert on pop culture.  She is an Associate Professor of Humanities and Communication at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach and has two children who are also creatives.  Topics of her work include humor, gender, popular culture, women, communication, parenting/motherhood, Italian American culture, technology, modern love, Catholicism, immigration, education, and diversity.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthology:
Anti-Italianism: Essays on a Prejudice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)
Journal:
Philosophical Mother

Poetry

Anthology:
Sweet Lemons: Writing with a Sicilian Twist (Legas Publishing, 2004)
Journals:
And / Or
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Beyond Words
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Florida English Journal
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Italian Americana
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Ovunque Siamo
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Review Americana
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Slow Trains
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Voices in Italian Americana

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Margaret Atwood, Amy Tan, Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, Lucia Perillo, Louise Gluck, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, William Blake, Yeats, and so many more.
What I'm reading now: 
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, Feminist, Italian American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
NY
New York
Raised in: 
NY
New York
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Last update: Jun 22, 2022