Joe Ashby Porter

Fiction Writer

Durham, NC
North Carolina US

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Long Story Short (University of North Carolina Press, 2014)
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200 Years of Writing in the Bluegrass State (University of Kentucky Press, 2005)
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So the Story Goes: Twenty-five Years of the Johns Hopkins Fiction Series (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005)
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Home and Beyond: An Anthology of Kentucky Short Stories (University of Kentucky Press, 2001)
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Voices from Home: The NC Prose Anthology (Avisson Press, 2001)
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The Store of Joys: Writers Celebrate the NC Museum of Art's 50th (North Carolina Museum of Art, 1997)
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This is Where We Live: Short Stories by 25 Contemporary NC Writers (University of North Carolina Press, 1997)
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A Contemporary Anthology of Fiction and Poetry (Jacan Press, 1986)
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The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (Pushcart Press, 1984)
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Contemporary American Fiction (Sun & Moon Press, 1983)
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New Directions in Prose and Poetry (New Directions, 1983)
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The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (Pushcart Press, 1979)
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Best American Short Stories (Houghton Mifflin, 1972)
Books:
All Aboard: Stories (Turtle Point Press, 2008)
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The Near Future (Turtle Point Press, 2006)
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Touch Wood: Short Stories (Turtle Point Press, 2002)
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Resident Aliens (New Amsterdam, 2000)
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Lithuania: Short Stories (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990)
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The Kentucky Stories (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983)
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Eelgrass (New Directions, 1977)
Journals:
American Voice
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Antaeus
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Aspen Anthology
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Confrontation
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Fence
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Fiction
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Golden Handcuffs Review
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Harper's
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Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly
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Journal of Kentucky Studies
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Kenyon Review
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Minnesota Review
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New American Writing
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Northwest Review
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Raritan
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Review of Contemporary Fiction
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VIA
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Yale Review

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
Madisonville
Raised in: 
Madisonville, KY
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Last update: Dec 17, 2012