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Jory Post
Biography
Jory Post was an educator, writer, and artist who lived in Santa Cruz, California. He and his wife, Karen Wallace, created handmade books and art together as JoKa Press. Jory was the co-founder and publisher of "phren-z", an online literary quarterly, and founder of the "Zoom Forward" reading series.
His first book of prose poetry, "The Extra Year", was published in 2019, and was followed by a second, "Of Two Minds", in 2020. His novel, "Pious Rebel", also appeared in 2020.
His work has been published in Catamaran Literary Reader, Chicago Quarterly Review, Rumble Fish Quarterly, The Sun, and elsewhere. His short stories “Sweet Jesus” and “Hunt and Gather” were nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize.
His first book of prose poetry, "The Extra Year", was published in 2019, and was followed by a second, "Of Two Minds", in 2020. His novel, "Pious Rebel", also appeared in 2020.
His work has been published in Catamaran Literary Reader, Chicago Quarterly Review, Rumble Fish Quarterly, The Sun, and elsewhere. His short stories “Sweet Jesus” and “Hunt and Gather” were nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize.
Where to buy in print
Books
How Do You Spell the Sound of Crickets
by Paola Bruni & Jory Post
Price:
$7.00 USD.
Words: 6,980.
Language:
English.
Published: April 29, 2022
by
Paper Angel Press.
Categories:
Poetry » Contemporary Poetry, Poetry » Themes & motifs » Death
“Write to me. Keep me alive,” wrote Jory Post to Paola Bruni as he was dying of inoperable cancer. Hence, the quiet conversation ensued — one poet to another — an intimate, and at times playful, sharing of hopes, fears, and grief.
Daily Fresh
by Jory Post
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 82,190.
Language:
English.
Published: October 25, 2021
by
Paper Angel Press.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Essay » Author profile
In the summer of 2020, the final summer of his life, Jory Post gave himself an assignment: He would write one essay a day, inspired by whatever caught his eye and imagination.
Smith: An Unauthorized Fictography
by Jory Post
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 63,030.
Language:
English.
Published: May 1, 2021
by
Paper Angel Press.
Categories:
Fiction » Biographical, Fiction » Literature » Literary
In the kaleidoscopic, episodic joy ride of "Smith: An Unauthorized Fictography", Jory Post treats us to thirty interviews that may or may not be real, with an array of “ordinary” people who turn out to be anything but, all of them in conversation with an interviewer who is herself a mystery.
Pious Rebel
by Jory Post
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 129,600.
Language:
English.
Published: November 1, 2020
by
Paper Angel Press.
Categories:
Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
After her partner dies suddenly, Lisa Hardrock realizes how little she knows about the life she’s been living — and starts exploring her questions in a blog that unexpectedly goes viral.