"Fledgling Creative Writer"

My dear high school friend Sally Purifoy (whom you can espy doing a cameo in "Halston"!) upon reading on FB about my forthcoming novel, dug up this clipping from the "Blue and Grey" Statesville Senior High school newspaper she edited--fledgling writers indeed.

READING AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS: ANNA JOURNEY IN
CONVERSATION WITH JOSEPH BOONE
***THIS FRIDAY MARCH 4 at 7.30***

Please feel free to attend my first LA reading for my novel, FURNACE CREEK! I'll be reading with the poet Anna Journey, a fellow Virginia's..

PAPERBACK IS OUT!
Thrilled to see "Furnace Creek" arrive this weekend in softcover--looks great! If you haven't gotten your hands on the hardcover, this is your chance for a cheaper edition (with more easily readable font too!). Ordering from Amazon is easiest..

Coffee table reading of late!
A wonderful assortment of recent works by friends and colleagues--Anna Journey, Marlon Ross, Alice Wexler, and Robin Coste Lewis--recommended to all!

ATTENTION NEW YORKERS----WRONG DATE on former post!

I'll be reading at the New School SEPTEMBER 20 (not October!)

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To say that I am excited to witness Pina Bausch’s seminal choreography of Stravinsky’s the Rite of Spring in LA in a few moments is an understatement! Only the third time performanced by a company other than her own and the first ever by African dancers. 23 dancers from 13 African countries….