Joy E. Moore

Joy Moore received her B.A. in English literature and creative writing at the University of Arkansas, during which time she attended the International Writer’s course at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and she earned her M.F.A. at Pacific University. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Prairie Schooner, where she won a Glenna Luschei award, 32 Poems, Greensboro Review, and Hunger Mountain, and have been selected for inclusion in Best Spiritual Literature and Verse Daily. Her prose may be found in Spiritus and The Other Journal. During her tenure at Union, she helped establish and manage Barefoots Joe and Modero, the university’s two coffee shops and music venue. In addition to teaching courses in composition and creative writing, she serves as Assistant Director for the Honors Community, where teaches a course on beauty.