poetry

Book

Lush accounts of intimate meals, queer pastoral youth, neurodivergence, loss, and more come together in this debut collection of poetry that honors nature, family, and the body. Vulnerable and perceptive, Whitworth's debut poetry chapbook takes readers through vivid dreams and memories of a very Oregon childhood. Your Full Real Name is a frank and compelling collection.

The book can be purchased here.

PRAISE

"...crisp, rhythmic, well-laced with irony. Their voice is direct and unflinching." — Russell Ashworth, Pushcart Nominee, Director @ Kallisto Gaia Press

PUBLICATIONS

2022, Published in Peach Fuzz Magazine
2021, Published in Lesbians Are Miracles
2021, Published in Pinky Thinker Press
2021, Published in Interim: A Journal of Poetry & Poetics
2021, Published in Cordella Magazine
2021, Published in Venture Beat Transformative Tech Magazine
2020, Finalist, Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction, New Letters magazine
2020, Published in Muff Magazine
2019, Published in Tin House
2019, Published in Inverted Syntax
2019, Published in Sinister Wisdom Journal
2019, Published in Openhearted
2019, Published in Soft Surface
2019, Published in Proximity Magazine
2019, Published in Oregon Humanities
2019, Published in CutBank Literary Journal
2018, Published in Lambda Literary
2018, Released Top Ten Memories of the Green Chair, a short film and visual elegy
- Featured at the Portland Underground Film Festival
- Featured on Art of Autism
- Featured on Film Pulse Selects
- Featured in Unearthed Literary Journal
- 2nd Place, Slippery Elm Literary Journal Multimedia Contest
2018, Published in The Dime Show Review
2018, Published in OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters
2018, Published in Habitat Magazine
2018, Published in Pivot Literature
2018, Published in Queer Grief Magazine
2018, Published in Smeuse Poetry Magazine
2018, Published in The Gyroscope Review
2018, Published in The Write Launch
2018, Published in SWWIM
2018, Published in Eclectica Magazine
2017, Published in Superstition Review
2013, Published on xoJane

training

Joni studied writing under Margaret Malone and Emily Chenoweth.

Influences

David Mitchell, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Carol Maso, Tove Jansson, Richard Bach, Elena Ferrante

SOLO READINGS

Ruth Bader Ginsburg memorial, Terry Schrunk Plaza, October 2020
Peach Blossom Poetry Series, Lan Su Chinese Garden, April 2019
First Saturday, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, November 2011
First Saturday, MC Gallery, October 2011
First Saturday, Joseph Hawa Gallery, August 2011

GROUP Readings

Incite, Literary Arts, November 2020
Incite, Literary Arts, January 2020
Future Prairie Variety Show, Bodecker Foundation, December 2019
Portland Review for Lit Crawl PDX, November 2019
PLACE Architecture Studio, August 2019
Mind Meld Variety Show, August 2019
Grief Rites, The Stacks, June 2019
Future Prairie Variety Show, The Hallowed Halls, June 2019
Future Prairie Variety Show, The Hallowed Halls, April 2019
Slamlandia, Literary Arts, January 2019
Future Prairie Variety Show, The Hallowed Halls, January 2019
One Page Wednesday, Literary Arts, January 2019
Grief Rites, Post 134, January 2019
First Thursday, Dorsa Brevia, November 2018
Future Prairie Variety Show, The Hallowed Halls, September 2018
Future Prairie Variety Show, Blanc Space, September 2018
Poetland, Blanc Space Gallery, August 2018
Future Prairie Variety Show, The Hallowed Halls, July 2018
Future Prairie Variety Show, The Hallowed Halls, June 2018
First Saturday, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, September 2011
First Saturday, Santa Ana College Gallery at the Santora Arts Building, July 2011
First Saturday, The Gypsy Den, June 2011
First Saturday, MC Gallery, May 2011
First Saturday, The Gypsy Den, April 2011
First Saturday, MC Gallery, March 2011