Artistic Curriculum Vitae
JOY LEFTOW
646-260-9089
violetwrites@nyc.rr.com
http://writer.joyleftow.com
PRODUCTION EDITOR:
The Street Literature Review & various novels: Augustus Publishing, 2005-to present
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
New Press Literary Quarterly 1993-95
PUBLISHED FICTION: (Others available on request)
Child Cancer: Fighters and Heroes: 2008
False Pride; Lipstick Diaries Spring,
Esmerilds’s Gift, Spot of Bleach 2006
ORIGINAL POETRY PUBLISHED IN:
Poetry in Performance 34 35, City College of New York, 2006 & 2007
Soul Fountain (Vault Magazine) (Published in several issues)
Manhattan Times Vol.7 No 18 May 4 - May 10, 2006
Another Morning, Lulu Publications
Medicinal Purposes, Volume lll. No. 1 Early 2006
Poetry in Performance 34, City College of New York, 2006
Spot Of Bleach, Big Foot Press: 2005
Asheville Poetry Review, spring – summer 1996
* Other places available on request
APPEARANCES ON MEDIA:
Wikipedia Biography, categorized under Jewish American poets, Listed at Poets & Writers, Book Spot of Bleach showcased at Poets House, 2007
RADIO: WFLO radio, Jazz Poetry Café, Poets & Writers Directory, Teachers and Writers Collaborative radio show, Everything Goes, Rockland World Radio Cool on the Groove: (archived & streaming on the web) Indie-Feed: Performance Poetry, The best spoken word artists (available on itunes) & Adelphi Radio, WBAU-Fm: Sounds Of Poetry
PUBLIC ACCESS T.V: Poetry Central (L.I.) Ideas & Images, (L.I.) Flying Fish Poetry Show, Washington Heights & Inwood Isn't In The Bronx, & the show Inner Joy; REGULAR T.V. The New Yorkers
FEATURED READER-PERFORMER OF POETRY AT: Tribes, City College Poetry in Performance, Spoken Word Café, Art Stroll of Washington Heights & Inwood 2004 – 2008, (Organized & hosted), Backfence, Bowery Poetry Club, Cornelia Street Café, CBGB, The Wetlands, Green Pavilion, Palmer Vineyards (L.I.) & Columbia University Night Of Creative Practice
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: 1996 THE FUNERAL, SVA STUDENT THESIS FILM;
Organized and kept actors and crew informed about shooting schedule, managed money, did liaison and paper work concerning finances, i.e. film development & processing, sound, supplies, food, etc.
DIRECTOR & HOST: Weekly Cable Series: Inner Joy 1994-97
THEATRICAL TRAINING: American Academy of Dramatic Arts & Columbia University Drama Department, studied with Aaron Frankel & James Coco
ARTS INTERACTION & HEIGHTS SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS:
Acted in various roles at different venues, 1990- 1994
EDUCATION:
M.A. Creative Writing Program, City University Graduate Program, 2001
M.S.W. School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1985
B.A. Anthropology, Columbia University, 1983
American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 1968
Winner of a Creative Footpaths Residency Award, 2007
