JOE WILKINS is the author of a memoir, The Mountain and the Fathers, and two collections of poems, Notes from the Journey Westward and Killing the Murnion Dogs. He lives with his wife and children in north Iowa. His most recent opponent on the basketball court was his two-year-old son; the contest involved no thrown elbows and lots of tickling.

Bruised

by Joe Wilkins, January 2012 (Issue 433)

You, All Of You

by Joe Wilkins, September 2009 (Issue 405)

Manifesto

by Joe Wilkins, August 2009 (Issue 404)