Josh Luckenbach
Poet & Musician
About
Josh Luckenbach
Josh Luckenbach is pursuing his PhD in English and Creative Writing at Texas Tech University. His recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Nimrod International Journal, Nashville Review, Booth, Grist, and elsewhere. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas and his BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Virginia where he graduated from the Area Program in Poetry Writing. He is the Web Editor and Designer for the Coalition for Community Writing.
Writing
Poems
“Finally the Whispering Pines Motel Burned” — Nashville Review issue 27
“Eating the Tootsie Roll” — Booth, July 2020
“February in Deep Melancholy” and “Morning” — On the Seawall, February 2021
“After the Quarantine Ends” — Nimrod International Journal, Fall 2021 (Endings & Beginnings Issue, print)
“You’re Invited if You Come Out” — forthcoming in Grist
“After Reading the News” — forthcoming in Cumberland River Review
Reviews
Hold by Bob Hicok — The Arkansas International, 2018
Holy Moly Carry Me by Erika Meitner — The Arkansas International, 2018
Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance by Fady Joudah — The Arkansas International, 2018
Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith — The Arkansas International, 2018
The Cataracts by Raymond McDaniel — The Arkansas International, 2017
Interviews
Interview with Fady Joudah — The Arkansas International, 2019
Music
Certainty and Doubt (2018)
Album Tracklist:
- By His Name
- Tired of Waiting
- What Might Be
- Repeat the Motion
- Mercy Song
- Grow Old
- Flood
- Doubt
Release Date: October 3, 2018
All songs written and performed by Josh Luckenbach.
Additional Musicians:
Kody Muhic — drums on tracks 1 & 2
Josh Rice — drums on track 4
David Brunson — fiddle on track 4
Emma Van Dyke — additional vocals on track 5
Special thanks to Philip Simpson, Jay Vipond, and Maddie Ward.
©2018 Josh Luckenbach. All rights reserved.
Contact
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