Joshua Gray

Poet

Berea, KY
Kentucky US
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Author's Bio

Joshua Gray was born in the mountains of rural Northern Virginia, outside Washington DC. He grew up in Alexandria VA, two miles from the nation’s capital and spent most of his adult life in the suburbs of the city. He attended Warren Wilson College in the mountains of western North Carolina, where he also spent the first few years of married life. After two years in the mountains of Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India he moved back to the States and settled in Berea Kentucky. For two years he was the DC Poetry Examiner for Examiner.com where he wrote reviews of poetry collections by local poets as well as articles on the local poetry scene. He is active on Twitter, Facebook, and many other social media sites, and uses the Oxford Comma whenever he can,

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Distinguished Writings (Scars Publications, 2006)
Books:
Symposium (Red Dashboard LLC, 2016)
,
Principles of Belonging (Red Dashboard LLC, 2013)
Chapbooks:
Steel Cut Oats (Red Dashboard LLC, 2015)
,
Mera Bharat (Red Dashboard LLC, 2014)
Journals:
Annapurna Magazine
,
Bear Creek Haiku
,
Blind Man's Rainbow
,
Chaffin Journal
,
Children Churches & Daddies
,
Fox Chase Review
,
Free Xpression
, ,
iARTistas
,
Iconoclast
,
MiPOesias
,
MO: Writings from the River
,
Nomad's Choir
,
Poesia
,
Poets and Artists
,
Pralaton
,
Qarrtsiluni
,
Referential Magazine
,
Survivor's Review
,
Tar Wolf Review
,
The Eclectic Muse
,
The Road Not Taken
,
ΖOUCH Magazine & Miscellany
Prizes won: 

Twice nominated for Pushcart Prize

Best of the Net nominee Featured on Verse Daily

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Bluemont, VA
Virginia
Raised in: 
Alexandria, VA
Virginia
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Last update: Jan 16, 2020