Joshua D. Graber
Hi I'm Joshua. I currently work as a writer, editor, and software engineer, with a career that has spanned writing, tech, and education. Along the way, I've also worked as a professor, activist, tutor, bartender, landscaper, farm worker, and dishwasher.
Learn more about my writing, editing, and software work.
Experiments
Experiments in digital poetics and programming
Recent fragments
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A few collages from Life magazine and photos
Collage with a life magazine and miscellaneous photos
A few winter collages with flowers
Dried rose petals and some fine paper from an old magazine
In praise of: the em dash
Robots, you can’t have it
How to stop worrying and love the poem
The robot builds a bomb, with instructions in iambic pentameter
Recent publications
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xraylitmag.comHIS FATHER'S FATHER by Joshua D. Graber
After Lydia Davis 1. Every time his father spoke, he had questions. Primarily, which parts of the stories were true and which were false? A narrative based on a true story is a wonderful promise for people who believe in Jesus or Tom Hanks, but he was less interested in this muddled middle ground. He wanted verifiable truth or delicious lies, and to know the difference. There is infinite combinatorial explosion when multiple people tell a story and infinite doubt when only one person does. Like, for instance, the story of his father’s father walking into a bar where...
www.post-gazette.comJoshua D. Graber: A plant-based trip with Michael Pollan
When Michael Pollan’s latest book, “A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness,” arrived in my mailbox, I texted a friend who loves...
www.theadroitjournal.orgA Review of Alex Higley’s True Failure
In 1997, during the first wave of a reality TV deluge that remains ongoing, a cast member of MTV’s Road Rules named Holly spoke about the nickname her cast used for the crew: “Big Brother.” Holly s…
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