Joy E. Moore

Joy Moore received her B.A. in English with creative writing emphasis 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 The Southern Review, 32 Poems, and Prairie Schooner, where she won a Glenna Luschei award, and have been selected for inclusion in Best Spiritual Literature and Verse Daily. Her prose may be found in Learning the Good Life, Comment, 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, creative writing, and advanced writing, she serves as Assistant Director for the Honors Community, where she teaches courses on beauty, food and its relation to gratitude and memory, and walking practices that animate an intellectual and creative life.