JoSelle Vanderhooft is the author of several poetry collections, including The Minotaur's Last Letter to His Mother (Ash Phoenix), the 2007 Stoker-nominated Ossuary (Sam's Dot Publishing), Desert Songs (Cro ...
Shakespeare, John Webster, myth, fairy tales, folklore, Alan Moore, Samuel Beckett, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, country noir, Utah's geography, Catherynne M. Valente, Michael Ende, Brothers Grimm
Favorite Books
Watchmen, The Neverending Story, The Black Dossier, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Crime and Punishment, Mishpocheh, Cheesequake Smash-up, Blood to Remember, The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, The Complete Works of Shakespeare, The Duchess of Malfi, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Dombey and Son, The Noonday Demon, Harry Potter, Dr. Faustus, Yume no Hon: The Book of Dreams, Fables, Brothers Grimm, Watch Your Mouth, House of Leaves
Favorite Authors
Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Alan Moore, Catherynne M. Valente, Stanley Barkan, Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler, Michael Ende, Fyodor Dostoevsky, John Webster, J.K. Rowling, Bill Willingham, Erzebet YellowBoy, Nick Cave, Mark Z. Danielewski
I just found out, via my colleague Troy Williams, that Amy Ray of the band Indigo Girls has written a song about one of Salt Lake City's independent radio stations, and the feisty, passionate and politically active queer community in Utah.Go read about the song, "SLC Radio" over at Troy's blog: http://www.queergnosis.com/queergnosis/2008/08/slc-radio-from.html. People always ask me why ...
It's been a few weeks, thanks to me being buried with work, deadlines and getting ready for my late summer/early autumn jewelry sale. But there are new things for you to check out in the world of Joetry. KS Augustin interviews me here about my writing, my past work as a playwright and dramaturg and my thoughts on disability rights and depression here at Radio Free Bliss: ...
Hi everyone!I'm back in Utah in what appears to be one piece, and the pile that is my unanswered emails is terrifying me. While I answer them, why don't you have a listen to my July 12 interview on Hour of the Wolf on NYC's WBAI 99.5 FM if you missed it? It's got me talking about Utah and the American Western, joking around with host and all-around fabulous guy Jim Freund, laughing at crank ...
