Jonathan Starke

Author's Bio

Jonathan Starke is a former bodybuilder and boxer who is currently vagabonding the globe and often missing the Golden (80s) and Attitude (90s) eras of professional wrestling. He is the founding editor of a literary magazine for the underdog called Palooka and serves as a writing coach at jonathanstarke.com. His essays and stories have appeared in The Sun, The Missouri Review, Brevity, Michigan Quarterly Review, Third Coast, Passages North, Fourth Genre, and Post Road, among others. You might find him watching old boxing matches on a Sunday evening. You might not.

Publications and Prizes

Journals:

Brevity, Fourth Genre, Michigan Quarterly Review, Missouri Review, Post Road, The Drum, The Normal School, The Pinch, The Sun

Jonathan Starke Resume

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein, Fat City by Leonard Gardner, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Favorite Authors:

Raymond Carver, Ethan Canin, John Steinbeck, Thom Jones, and Denis Johnson.

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Listing last updated: December 19, 2012

More Information

Listed as:

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Caucasian

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Columbia, MO

Raised in:

Iowa City, IA