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Joseph Michael Owens

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Joseph Michael Owens has written for PANK Magazine, The Rumpus, The Houston Literary Review, and for Grey Sparrow Journal, where he is a regular contributor to its “Man on Campus” section and as well as a technical editor. Additionally, his short story “We Always Trust Each Other, Except for When We Don’t” was nominated for Dzanc Books‘ Best of the Web 2011 anthology. Joseph also manages the website Category Thirteen, dedicated primarily to the hectic and haptic process of writing. Joe lives in Omaha with five dogs and one wife.
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Where I Write #12: A Stable in the Floodplain

  • Joseph Michael Owens
  • June 22, 2011
Across the Missouri River from North Omaha, just east of the intersection of Interstates 29 and 680, a few miles
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An Afternoon with Ralph Steadman

  • Joseph Michael Owens
  • January 7, 2011
“Don’t you think it’s a bit thin?” Ralph Steadman asks me, swirling a nice glass of wine, bolstering his weight against one of his kitchen’s walls, his piercing expression ultimately…
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Deus Ex Machina so far

  • Joseph Michael Owens
  • December 10, 2010
Rumpus Book Club member Joseph M. Owens responds to this month’s book club selection, Deus Ex Machina by Andrew Foster Altschul. ** I always like to get my overall impressions…
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Joe Owens: The Last Book I Loved, The Wilding

  • Joseph Michael Owens
  • November 30, 2010
Benjamin Percy can probably kick my ass.  At least his prose gives me no reason to believe otherwise. Equal parts grit, subtlety and a silver-tongued bravura, Percy’s style makes me…
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Joseph Michael Owens: The Last Book I Loved, The Instructions

  • Joseph Michael Owens
  • November 3, 2010
I flew to Chicago for a single night in October, just to hear Adam Levin read from the last book I truly loved, The Rumpus’ own Book Club pick, The Instructions.…
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