Joshua D. Graber

Hi I'm Joshua. I currently work as a writer, editor, and software engineer, with a career that spans storytelling, tech, and education. Along the way, I've also worked as a professor, activist, tutor, bartender, landscaper, farmhand, and dishwasher, amongst other things. I like to think all of this experience informs the work I do today.

Writing

I'm trained as a fiction writer (M.F.A., University of Pittsburgh) and have published fiction, poetry, essays, and genre-bending work in journals and publications including Guernica, diagram, Glimmer Train, The New Guard Review's BANG!, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Adroit Journal, and Art Review.I also write and produce audio documentary, and I'm a founder of the storytelling collective Cool Molecules Media.

Recent fragments

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  1. Three collages from 90s and 2000s magazines

    All Wired

  2. The cosmic scale of a little groundwater

    we tilted the earth

  3. How we like our bots

    Two media narratives on AI

Some recent publications

Software

I currently work as a software engineer for Aura, a consumer digital security company.I also maintain the open-source client applications for the Police Data Accessibility Project, dedicated to making police data accessible to researchers, journalists, and communities impacted by policing.I am occasionally available for engineering projects on a freelance basis. Please get in touch if you are interested in collaborating.

Editing

For nearly 15 years, I’ve worked as a literary editor of prose and poetry. As an undergraduate, I became the founding executive editor of The Quaker.In graduate school, I served as fiction editor for Hot Metal Bridge and as managing editor for Aster(ix).After earning my degree, I became the founding fiction editor of Word West Press, working on an array of remarkable books across styles and genres.I'm available for freelance editorial work—say hello or check out my profile on Reedsy.

Teaching and speaking

Every now and then, I put my professor hat back on and teach writing workshops or programming courses. If you’re looking for an engaging, improvisational speaker, let's chat.