Artistic Curriculum Vitae

JOY LEFTOW
Tel. & fax: (212) 569-4048
Violetwrites@nyc.rr.com

PRODUCTION EDITOR:     
    The Street Literature Review, & various novels:  Augustus Publishing, 2005-2007

PUBLISHED FICTION:        
    False Pride; a short story included in Lipstick Diaries
    Esmerilds’s Gift,

LITERACY TEACHER:
   Beacon Program, Child Development Program,
   P.S. 8: Saturdays from Sept. 06 to April 07
    Provide literacy training for 3 to 5 year olds and their parents
    Provide a nurturing environment to encourage 7 & 8 year olds to learn writing skills

ORIGINAL POETRY PUBLISHED IN:
    Foolish Pride: Lipstick Diaries, (anthology of women writers) Spring, 2007
    Soul Fountain (Vault Magazine) (Published in several issues)
    Manhattan Times Vol.7 No 18 May 4 - May 10, 2006
    Erato, A Park Slope Poetry Publication
    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
    RainTiger.com: The Poetry Cafe (Published in several issues)
    Poetry Magazine Of The Lower East Side (Published in several issues)
    Chew Bone, Big Foot Press
    New Press Literary Quarterly  (Published in several issues)
    Poems That Thump In The Dark  
    Wings  (poetry & articles published in both printed chapbooks & online issues)
    Spirit News 
    Bob's Joint
    Grist on Line (Internet)
    Copulation
    Insights of Joy
    Second Glance
   
* Other places available on request

APPEARANCES ON MEDIA:
    Wikipedia Biography, categorized under Jewish American poets
    Listed at Poets & Writers
    Book Spot of Bleach is showcased at Poets House, 2007
    Various online blogs 
    RADIO:
    WFLO radio, Jazz Poetry Café
    Teachers and Writers Collaborative radio show, Everything Goes
    Rockland World Radio Cool on the Groove (archived & streaming on the www)
    IndieFeed: Performance Poetry, The best spoken word artists (available on itunes)
    Adelphi Radio, WBAU-Fm: Sounds Of Poetry
   
    REGULAR T.V.
    The New Yorkers
   
    PUBLIC ACCESS T.V:   
    Poetry Central (L.I.),
    Ideas & Images, (L.I.)
    Flying Fish Poetry Show  
    Washington Heights And Inwood Isn't In The Bronx                        
Inner Joy (I produced and hosted the show)       
   
FEATURED READER-PERFORMER OF POETRY AT: 
    Spoken Word Café
    Art Stroll of Washington Heights & Inwood 2004 – 2007
        (Organized & hosted the event)
    Tribes   
    Backfence
    Bowery Poetry Club
    Cornelia Street Cafe CBGB
    The Wetlands  
    The Red Door
    Moroccan Star
    Green Pavilion
    Jane's Cafe
    Le Poeme
    The Green Pavilion
    The Paris Cafe  (Huntington, L.I.)
    Palmer Vineyards  (L.I.)
    Columbia University Night Of Creative Practice, 2005 - 2006

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT:    1996 THE FUNERAL, SVA STUDENT THESIS FILM;
    Organized and kept actors and crew informed of all new developments such as shooting schedule, managed money, did all liaison and paper work concerning finances and outside companies, i.e. film development & processing, sound, supplies, food, etc.

DIRECTOR & HOST:       
Weekly Cable Series:  Inner Joy 1994-97

ASSISTANT EDITOR:       
New Press Literary Quarterly 1993-95 


THEATRICAL TRAINING:
    American Academy of Dramatic Arts
    Columbia University:  Drama Department, with Aaron Frankel, James Coco
   
ARTS INTERACTION & HEIGHTS SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS:
Acted in various roles at different venues

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, 1967 1968

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
    Teachers & Writers Collaborative
    Poets & Writers
    Poets House
    Tribes