Joe Scapellato

Joe Scapellato

Associate Professor of Creative Writing
West Branch Editor, Specialization: fiction (short stories, novels) and screenwriting
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About Joe Scapellato

Educational Background

  • MFA, New Mexico State University

Teaching Interests

  • Creative writing: fiction (the short story, the short short story, the novel), screenwriting (film, TV, web series), poetry, creative nonfiction
  • Contemporary American literature

Current Projects and Research Interests

Selected Publications

Big Lonesome, story collection, 2017; Mariner Books

"Horseman Cowboy," North American Review

"You Are a Young Writer," Electric Literature

"Life Story," Kenyon Review Online

"Father's Day ,"Post Road

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