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.
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